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Book Spotlight: Sea Change by Karen White & Giveaway (US only)

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Happy Friday everyone!  I can’t believe how fast this week has flown by.  Sorry I haven’t been by your blogs lately.  My papa is unwell and I’m scraping by just getting my own blog in order.  Anyhow today I’m happy to spotlight a book that I can’t wait to read once my copy arrives and that is Sea Change by Karen White.  I’ve been a fan for many years – probably soon after I started blogging.  I love Karen’s books and her writing style – she most definitely tops my list of favorite authors!  So enjoy learning a bit about the book and Karen and check out the giveaway at the end of the post for your chance to win a copy!

 

 

About Sea Change

For as long as she can remember, Ava Whalen has struggled with a sense of not belonging, and now, at thirty-five, she still feels stymied by her family. Then she meets child psychologist Matthew Frazier and thinks her days of loneliness are behind her. After a whirlwind romance, they impulsively elope, and Ava moves to Matthew’s ancestral home on St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia.

But after the initial excitement, Ava is surprised to discover that true happiness continues to elude her. There is much she doesn’t know about Matthew, including the mysterious circumstances surrounding his first wife’s death. And her new home seems to hold as many mysteries and secrets as her new husband. Feeling adrift, Ava throws herself into uncovering Matthew’s family history and that of the island, not realizing that she has a connection of her own to this place–or that her obsession with the past could very well destroy her future.

Read an excerpt
Buy Sea Change at: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, B&N, and IndieBound

 

Check out the Book Trailer

 

 

About Karen White

After playing hooky one day in the seventh grade to read Gone With the Wind, Karen White knew she wanted to be a writer—or become Scarlett O’Hara. In spite of these aspirations, Karen pursued a degree in business and graduated cum laude with a BS in Management from Tulane University. Ten years later, after leaving the business world, she fulfilled her dream of becoming a writer and wrote her first book. In the Shadow of the Moon was published in August, 2000. This book was nominated for the prestigious RITA award in 2001 in two separate categories. Her books have since been nominated for numerous national contests including two more RITAs, the SIBA (Southeastern Booksellers Association) Fiction Book of the Year, and has twice won the National Readers’ Choice Award for Learning to Breathe and On Folly Beach.

Karen currently writes what she refers to as ‘grit lit’—southern women’s fiction—and has recently expanded her horizons into writing a bestselling mystery series set in Charleston, South Carolina. Her 2011 releases, The Beach Trees and The Strangers on Montagu Street were released in trade paperback by New American Library, a division of Penguin Publishing Group, and debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at number fifteen and fourteen respectively.

Karen hails from a long line of Southerners but spent most of her growing up years in London, England and is a graduate of the American School in London and has a BS degree from Tulane University. She currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two children, and a spoiled Havanese dog (who appears in several of her books), Quincy. When not writing, she spends her time reading, scrapbooking, playing piano, and avoiding cooking.

Her fifteenth novel, Sea Change, was published in June, 2012 and she is currently contracted with Penguin for four more novels.

Karen’s website
Find Karen on Facebook

 

GIVEAWAY DETAILS (US only)

I have one copy of Sea Change by Karen White up for grabs to my US readers only.  To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment entering the giveaway.
  • For 2 entries, follow my blog.  If you already do, thanks, and let me know so I can pass the extra entry on to you as well.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway.

This giveaway is open to US residents only (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winner on Saturday, June 23/12.  Good luck everyone!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Sorry to hear your dad is poorly. I hope he gets better soon. I must read a Karen White book soon. You always highlight them and make me want them!

  2. Dar, sorry to hear about your Dad! Sending get well vibes to him.

    I just saw a write up about this book the other day-it looks really good. Sign me up for the giveaway!

    I am a follower of your lovely blog :)!

    Take care of yourself and your Dad! My Dad isn’t feel well either. It is so hard getting older!

  5. The novel sounds great, and I loved the picture of the author with Quincy. Thanks for the giveaway.

    I’m a GFC follower

  8. I’ve had a semi-secret wish to move to one of the islands off of Georgia for years! I would love to read this!

    I’m also a GFC follower.

  9. Hope that your Dad is feeling better. Many thanks for this lovely giveaway. I am an e-mail subscriber.

  12. Hope your dad feels better soon! I wish parents could be invulnerable!

    Please enter me in this contest – sounds good – scary even!

    nbmars AT yahoo DOT com

  14. Hope your dad is doing better. This book is on my TBR list. Thanks for the chance.

  19. Dar … I’m sending lots of good thoughts for your Dad, and big hugs to you (and Sammy). xxx

  20. Great trailer – now I want to read Sea Change more than ever! Hope your dad is improving quickly.
    kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

  22. Sorry to hear about your dad! I hope he is feeling better soon. I look forward to Karen’s new book!

    I am a follower.

  23. So sorry, best of wishes to you and yours! Thank you for the chance to win another awesome book. I follow via email and gfc also tweeted. wendynjason04@ gmail.com

  27. No need to enter me. I did post the giveaway in my sidebar for you. Meanwhile, I wanted to offer my prayers for your papa! I hope he feels better soon.

  28. Wonderful guest post. The book sounds wonderful as well!

    Please enter me in this giveaway. I’m a follower.I will post it in my blog’s sidebar, Darlene. I hope your dad feels better soon.

    suko95(at)gmail(dot)com

  36. Please enter my name in the draw. Best wishes to your Dad, hope he’s feeling better.

  40. Hope your father is on the mend.

    I have heard many good things about Karen White and would love to win and read this! Thanks!

  47. I hope your dad is feeling better soon.

    This sounds like a very interesting story. One that I would love to read.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  52. Karen White’s books always make me want to pack up and move to the South! I love “grit-lit!” I’m a follower! Thanks for the offer, Dar.

  55. I’ve never read any of her books but have heard good things about them. It would be great to win this one so thanks for giving it to a lucky winner. I think the Quincy would be a good friend for Sammy. Give him a hug for me please.
    I’m a follower
    https://twitter.com/Dyniy/status/21175295019909529
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    Hope your Dad is better soon. He will be in my prayers. 😉

  56. I hope your dad is better! Thanks for another wonderful giveaway –
    PMNSL95 at triad dot rr dot com

  61. I’d love to win this book! Thanks for the giveaway!

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

  67. Holy Cow! After reading that excerpt I a) know I must read this book and b) wrote on Karen’s FB wall and told her that the book resonates so well with me. Just like Mimi in the book, my Grandma, who I lost last year this time, was 93 and insisted on wearing low heels too. The music box that she described? I have the same exact one…and lastly, the relationship with her mother. Seriously, I got chills, and that was just the excerpt!
    sweepingnews(at)gmail(dot)com

  74. This book sounds like a combination of Karen White’s southern lit and the mysteries she writes, a great combo! I enjoy her writing style and her characters are so well-developed and intriguing. I am really looking forward to this book!

    Thank you for offering a giveaway copy
    I’m a longtime follower of your blog!

    Aimala127(at)gmail(dot)com

  77. I’ve heard a lot about her but haven’t read one of her books yet. I read the exerpt of her new one “Sea Change”. It’s really interesting & I would love to finish reading it! Plus I see she’s coming to my city & book store for a signing on June 27th! (Vero Beach)
    pinchbuggies at hotmaildotcom

  78. I already follow your blog 🙂 I hope & pray for your father’s health to be better.
    pinchbuggies at hotmaildotcom

  83. One of my reading regrets is that I have yet to read one of her books! Thanks for the chance to win!

  91. I really enjoyed the video of Karen talking about the book, and seeing the area. I am one of those who have yet to read one of her books, altho I have heard many good things about her writing.
    Please enter me Darlene,

    cjay (at) iavalley (dot) edu

    i follow you email.