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Book Spotlight: The Sisters Montclair by Cathy Holton & Giveaway (US/Canada)

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I am really pleased to welcome Cathy Holton to the blog today! I’ve been a fan of Cathy’s since reading first Beach Trip (my review) and later Summer in the South (my review) and loving them both. She is a fantastic story teller and she’s back today with her newest novel The Sisters Montclair which released on June 11. I’ve got a copy in hand and can’t wait to lose myself in its pages which I could really use right now. I’ll let you all know my thoughts just as soon as I finish it. For now, I’m going to tell you about the book, the author, and offer up a great giveaway for a couple of signed copies!

 

About The Sisters Montclair (from Amazon.com)

The last thing twenty-one-year-old Stella Nightingale wants is a job as a caregiver for wealthy Alice Montclair Whittington. Alice, a ninety-four-year-old Southern grande dame with a dry sense of humor and a wicked tongue, has already run off a long line of caregivers. But Stella, a former runaway from a broken home who’s only recently begun to put her life back together, is desperate for work. And she figures she can handle Alice.

But strange things are happening at Alice’s rambling mountaintop estate. As an unlikely friendship develops between the two women, Alice, whose memory comes and goes, begins to reveal long-ago tales of her illustrious past, tales that pose more questions than they answer. Who is her mysterious sister, Laura? Why won’t Alice and her sister, Adeline, ever speak of her? And why are the other caregivers afraid to go down in the basement?

As Stella tries to separate fact from fiction in Alice’s life, she struggles to overcome her own devastating family secret, compelled by a deepening friendship that will change the lives of both women forever.

Read an excerpt
Buy at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and B&N

 

About Cathy Holton (from Cathy’s website)

The daughter of a college professor and an artist, Cathy Holton grew up in college towns in the American South and Midwest. After studying Creative Writing at Michigan State University, she worked as a dude ranch hand, a university seminar coordinator, a paralegal, and an assistant in a fire investigation firm.

She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with her husband, three highly-intelligent children, and a rescue dog named Yoshi. She is the author of Summer in the South, Beach Trip, Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes, and Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes, all published through Random House/Ballantine Books.

She recently completed her fifth novel, The Sisters Montclair, about a nineteen-year-old runaway who takes a job as a caregiver for a ninety-four-year-old Southern grande dame, a woman haunted by her own past. Think Girl, Interrupted meets Driving Miss Daisy. With a twist.

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GIVEAWAY DETAILS (US/Canada)

I have 2 signed copies of The Sisters Montclair by Cathy Holton to share with my readers! To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment entering the giveaway.
  • For 2 entries, follow my blog.  If you already do 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 & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winners on Saturday,  August 18/12.  Good luck!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. I’ve not heard of this book until now, but I enjoyed your review and now I want to know whey they won’t speak about the sister! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Laura Kay

  6. Sounds like an interesting pick, I would love to read it.

    I do follow your blog too!

  8. An intriguing cover, and the book sounds intriguing as well. Thanks for the giveaway.

    GFC follower.

  10. I’d love to be entered. Thank you! I’m also a GFC follower.

    dogwoodlane (at) suddenlink (dot) net

  12. Oh, Dar, this one sounds fantastic, and I would love the chance to win it! Thanks for the great giveaway, and for the lovely and wonderful synopsis!

    zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

  13. Sounds like a great summer read. Thanks for the giveaway!
    PMNSL95 at triad dot rr dot com

  16. Sounds fascinating! I like it when the younger and older generation make a connection.

    kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

  21. This sounds so good! I really liked Beach Trip and have Summer in the South on my bookshelves so I am super excited she has another book coming out. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy!

  26. I loved Cathy Holton’s Beach Trip and my mom did too! I’m so glad she has another book. I’ve posted this in my sidebar as usual and I follow!

  27. I would love to win this book. Need some more reads for a vacation we have coming up! Thanks!

  28. Ooh, this sounds like a really good mystery. Thanks for the chance to win. I’m a follower.

    nanze55 at hotmail dot com

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

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  37. Sounds great. Having 4 sisters myself, I tend to gravitate to sister stories.
    GFC follower
    lvsgund at gmail.com

  53. Please enter me in the giveaway!

    I’m a follower & subscriber!

    Thanks,
    Beth

    bharbin07[at]gmail[dot]com

  58. This book sounds amazing, and I would love to read it to find out what the secrets are in the story. Please enter me. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net