Welcome to the Blog Tour & Giveaway for The Trouble in Willow Falls by Pat Nichols, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: The Trouble in Willow FallsSeries: Willow Falls #2
Author: Pat Nichols
Genre: Historical Romance
Release Date: November 8, 2019
After a scathing blogger review and a negative Atlanta television newscast tarnish Willow Falls’ reputation as a secluded North Georgia tourist destination, the town council votes to use the remainder of its annual budget to hire a PR firm to restore the town's image. At a town-hall meeting, angry residents brainstorm ideas to boost Willow Falls’ appeal. When a second Atlanta television station announces plans to film a segment for its Around Georgia series, residents invest their time and limited resources to spruce up Main Street’s appearance. Willow Post editor Emily Hayes can't help but shake her head at her town's desperate efforts.
For months, Emily has submitted her novel to numerous publishers but received only rejections. When famous artist Naomi Jasper offers Emily much-needed cash to finish writing, then cast and direct a play about Willow Falls’ colorful history, Emily faces a difficult decision—postpone the rewrite of her novel or accept the project. After convincing her sister, Rachel Streetman, to partner with her, Emily puts her dreams on hold and agrees to take on the play. Failure to deliver is not an option.
All her life Rachel has dreamed of becoming a stage actress, so when she receives an invitation to audition for a respected Broadway director, Rachel abandons her sister and the Willow Falls play. But an incident with the director sends her reeling back into the arms of Charlie Bricker, her one true love. Out of options, Rachel reluctantly accepts her part in the town play with the slim hope that her performance might kick-start her career.
If anyone understands broken hearts, it's Willow Inn’s beloved innkeeper, Sadie Liles. Sadie has learned to live with the fact that love is the last thing she'll ever find. Then he walks through the front door.
As the town prepares for Redding Arms’ grand opening, five newcomers and one British tourist test the town’s quirky, lovable, argumentative residents’ souls. Digging deep to deal with the strife, bickering, and personal backstabbing will test Willow Falls in ways the small town never imagined. Could it be that the trouble in Willow Falls is the very thing that reminds its residents that honesty, love, and loyalty to one another is what binds them together?
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EXCERPT
Emily parked three doors from the Willow
Post headquarters, shouldered her computer bag, and rushed past two empty
storefronts. Inside, she pushed through the angry crowd and found Mary Dixon
sitting at the worktable with her laptop open. She set her bag on the table.
“What’s going on and why are you giving my reporter a hard time?”
A woman wearing a pink
Guts, Grits, and Lipstick T-shirt pointed to the computer screen. “You need to
write a response to that good for nothing Travel Titan.”
Emily stared at a picture
of a female strolling along Main Street, her back to the camera. “Who?”
“She’s an undercover
podcaster who never shows her face.” Pink shirt crossed her arms and tapped her
biceps. “She secretly visits towns all over the country and writes reviews.
Kind of like a food critic showing up unannounced at a restaurant.”
“Okay, so she showed on
our streets. What did she say about Willow Falls?”
“She called our town a
real snore.”
“And Scott’s store a
failure because the doors were closed four days a week,” said another woman,
unleashing a barrage of comments.
“Can you believe she
called our fifty-foot waterfall mediocre?”
“What did she expect,
Niagara Falls?”
“Why didn’t she mention
the winery Charlie and his dad are gonna build or that a famous artist who used
to live here?”
“What I want to know is
who gave her all that information?”
“Not me.”
“Me neither.”
“Well she darn tootin’
talked to someone.” Pink shirt thumped Emily’s arm. “You’re gonna love this.
She said some unknown wannabe writer intended to publish a book about a town
that made watching paint dry exciting.”
Emily shook her head. And I worried about publishers.
“You want to know how she
ended her tirade?”
“Enlighten me.”
“She said unless tourists
are looking for mind-numbing boredom, they should pick someplace else to spend
their precious time and hard-earned money.”
“That’s way beyond
harsh.” Emily puffed her cheeks and blew air. “Maybe her rants won’t do too
much damage.”
“You don’t understand.”
Pink shirt tapped the computer screen. “This woman has thousands, make that
tens of thousands of followers.”
Gertie, one of the town’s
beloved senior citizens faced her neighbors. “This—what’d you call her—Titan
lady? Anyway, she’s right about our town.”
“What does she know,
she’s an old lady,” said a young man wearing a red ball cap.
Gertie waggled her finger
at him. “I don’t know squat about this podcast thingy, sonny, but I for sure
know boring when I see it.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule shown below. Giveaway will begin at midnight January 10, 2020 and last through 11:59 PM EST on January 17, 2020. US only. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize.
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Lovely book, sounds like a good one. Cheers for the tour.
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DeleteMy pleasure. If you haven't read book on in the series, The Secret of Willow Inn, you might want read it first to discover how Emily and Rachel met.
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DeleteI enjoyed the excerpt! Thank you for being part of the tour.
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DeleteIt's a pleasure to participate. If you haven't read book on in the series, The Secret of Willow Inn, you might want read it first to discover how Emily and Rachel met.
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DeleteI'm delighted you like the cover. My publisher chose it. If you haven't read book on in the series, The Secret of Willow Inn, you might want read it first to discover how Emily and Rachel met.
DeleteI love books about small towns. Adding to my TBR!
ReplyDeleteI do, too, Melissa. Good luck!
DeleteI'm honored you're adding the book to your TBR. If you haven't read book on in the series, The Secret of Willow Inn, you might want read it first to discover how Emily and Rachel met.
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