The thick, leathery tome Heather pulled out of the dusty cardboard box was definitely coming home with her. Not only was The Gentlewoman’s Guide to Love and Courtship an appealing curiosity by virtue of its title; it was also written by Smitten, Vermont native Pearl Chambers, a local gentlewoman from three generations back.
Little did Heather know the repercussions this little curiosity would have on her and her friends’ romantic exploits.
When Heather and her fellow book club members begin passing the book around, their respective interpretations are unleashed on their respective love lives . . . for better or for worse. Is it a mystery? An idealist fantasy? An intimation of Jane Austen? As romantic love finds its way to each woman, the Guide proves itself both surprisingly prescient and hilariously irrelevant.
What’s more, a handwritten inscription indicates that the arcane book might hold the only extant clues leading to buried gold—exactly what one of the members needs to keep her house. How could they not go treasure hunting?
In this remarkable collaborative novel, besties Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, and Diann Hunt tackle the tale of the Gentlewoman’s Guide by writing for one book club member apiece. Smitten Book Club is a hopeful, hilarious story of friendship and healing, written by friends for friends.
Purchase a copy here.
RITA-finalist Colleen Coble is the author of several best-selling romantic suspense novels, including "Tidewater Inn", and the Mercy Falls, Lonestar, and Rock Harbor series. * Christy Award finalist and two-time winner of the ACFW Book of the Year award, Kristin Billerbeck has appeared on The Today Show and has been featured in the New York Times. Her books include "A Billion Reasons Why" and "What a Girl Wants." * Denise Hunter is the award-winning and best-selling author of several novels, including "A Cowboy's Touch" and "Sweetwater Gap." She and her husband are raising three boys in Indiana. * Diann Hunt was a writer of romantic comedy and humorous women’s fiction. She lost her courageous battle with cancer last fall. A Hallmark Channel adaptation of her novel "For Better or For Worse" will air fall 2014.
The Smitten gals are back with their newest release,
Smitten Book
Club! Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck,
and Denise Hunter are celebrating with a Kindle Fire giveaway, a
Facebook party on February 20, and a nationwide book-club brunch on
March 22.
One winner will receive:
- A Kindle Fire HDX
- The Smitten books (Smitten, Secretly Smitten, Smitten Book Club)
Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry,
the giveaway ends on February 20th. Winner will be
announced at the Smitten Book Club Facebook
Author Chat Party on February
20th. Connect with Colleen Coble,
Denise Hunter, and Kristin Billerbeck for an evening of book chat,
trivia, laughter, and more! The Smitten gals will also be taking
questions from the audience, giving away books and gift certificates,
and sharing news about their upcoming nationwide Smitten Book Club brunch
on March 22nd. (Sign up to host today!)
So grab your copy of
Smitten Book
Club and join Colleen,
Denise, Kristin, and friends on the evening of February 20th for a
chance to connect and make some new friends. (If you haven't read the
book, don't let that stop you from
coming!)
Don't miss a moment of the fun; RSVP today. Tell
your friends
via FACEBOOK or TWITTER and
increase your chances of winning. Hope to see you on the
20th!
Sign up to host a Smitten Book Club Brunch on March
22nd!
My Thoughts:
Four friends write about four friends
living in Smitten, Vermont. In preparing for a book sale to help Molly,
whose husband was killed in a horrible fire, Heather finds a book written by
Smitten native Pearl Chambers titled The Gentlewoman’s Guide to Love and
Courtship. As they each take turns reading the book, they wonder if there is a
mystery tucked within it’s pages.
In the four novella’s written by these
amazing authors, Colleen Coble, Kristen Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, and Denise
Hunter, the book by Pearl Chambers is passed around between Heather, Abby, Lia,
and Molly as they read the pages their love lives begin to look very different.
Spend some time in Smitten with
Heather, Abby, Lia and Molly along with their creators Colleen Coble, Kristen
Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, and Denise Hunter.
Highly recommended.
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