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How Can Family Secrets Both Damage Relationships & Unite People?

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You have just a few days left to get He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox at 40% off and free shipping! via @chautonahavig

If you’ve seen the cover of He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox, you know why women’s fiction lovers are all drumming their fingers for Tuesday’s release.  If you haven’t seen it, you should go check it out right now. Because this stunning cover is just beautiful wrapping for what promises to be a beautiful (but heartwrenching I suspect) story. Listen in for more about it and a hint at what’s to come!

Told the Bees

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How Can Family Secrets Both Damage Relationships & Unite People?

Having just finished The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter last month (great book. Probably a wonderful companion to this one. Rich faith, too!), I am even more excited to read He Should Have Told the Bees. Who doesn’t love a surprise inheritance story–especially when part of the surprise is to the one who assumes she’s inheriting her father’s legacy only to discover she’s got to share it–with a stranger! I don’t know about you, but that sounds pretty good.

As a beekeeper herself, Amanda Cox brings some experience to the table, which I’m confident will result in a story that will resonate with readers.  Just the story of how she chose this one as her next book is enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face.

We also got a hint of what’s coming next, so don’t miss that.

He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox

Uncovering long-held family secrets may sting at first–but the result can be sweeter than honey.

Beekeeper Beckett Walsh is living her dream, working alongside her father in their apiary until his untimely death sends her world into a tailspin. She suddenly finds she must deal with a new part owner of the family business–one who is looking to sell the property. Beck cannot fathom why her father would put her in the position to lose everything they built together.

When Callie Peterson is named in the trust of a man she’s never heard of, she’s not sure what to do. Her fledgling business has just taken wing and her mother has reentered her life asking for help getting into rehab for her lifelong substance abuse issues, making Callie’s financial situation rather . . . precarious. She’s sure she has no right to someone else’s farm, but the money from the sale could solve her problems and give her the stability she’s always craved.

As these two women navigate their present conundrum, they will discover a complex and entangled past full of secrets–and the potential for a brighter future for both of them.

Learn more about Amanda Cox on her WEBSITE. Follow her on BookBub and GoodReads.

Also, you have a few days to get He Should Have Told the Bees at 40% off with FREE shipping from BakerBookHouse.com.

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Episode 579: A Chat with Lauren Smyth
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Dystopian in the desert? Sign me up! Seriously, listen in while Lauren Smyth and I chat all things “glowy” in the desert!

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Not a lot of people write books about the boring Mojave Desert. When they do, I take note. Especially when it’s a super-cool dystopian delight! EEEP!

All That Glows by Lauren Smyth

The apocalypse didn’t take everyone. It just took us. Ever since the rain turned green, Kyrie’s world has been bathed in glowing dust. She packs it into old mascara tubes and sells it as makeup alongside dried cacti, threadbare blankets, and long-expired canned food. There’s not much else to do when everyone outside Kyrie’s small town in the Mojave Desert died from the plague-bearing rain ten years ago. Everyone—except the man in the rubber mask. He’s on the dangerous side of the fence, huffing infected air like it’s nothing, babbling to Kyrie about college and umbrellas and yogurt and everything else that disappeared the day it rained. He doesn’t seem to know that the world ended, and he has no explanation for how he survived the apocalypse. But Kyrie doesn’t believe in ghosts. She can’t trust him, but he’s right about one thing: Towns without secrets aren’t surrounded by chain-link fences. And chain-link fences won’t keep out the plague forever.

Learn more on Lauren’s WEBSITE and follow on GoodReads and BookBub.

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