This week Dorothy Clark and Patti Lacy

» Posted on Aug 9, 2009 in Blog | 8 comments


Congratulations to Tammy for winning Tiffany Colter’s writing career coaching package and Cherie for winning Renee Ryan’s Hannah’s Beau.

This week I’m hosting Dorothy Clark with The Law and Miss Mary and Patti Lacy with What the Bayou Saw. If you want to enter the drawing for the book, please leave a comment on one of the post during the week with your email address. I will not enter you without an email address (my way to contact you if you win). If you don’t want to leave an email address, another way you can enter is to email me at margaretdaley@gmail.com. The drawings end Sunday (Aug 16th) evening.

Dorothy Clark’s bio:

Critically acclaimed, award-winning author Dorothy Clark lives in rural New York, in a home she designed and helped her husband build (she swings a mean hammer!) with the able assistance of their three children. When she is not writing, she and her husband enjoy traveling throughout the United States doing research and gaining inspiration for future books. Dorothy believes in God, love, family and happy endings, which explains why she feels so at home writing stories for Steeple Hill. Dorothy enjoys hearing from her readers and may be contacted at dorothyjclark@hotmail.com.

Blurb of The Law and Miss Mary:

It’s disgraceful how St. Louis’s orphans are treated. And Mary Randolph plans to do something about it. She’s lost her faith, but she still has compassion and a drive to help innocents in need. If she has to battle with by-the-book police captain Samuel Benton to protect them…well, she’ll give him a challenge he’ll never forget.

A poverty-stricken childhood left Sam hungry for the social acceptance now within his reach. All he has to do is follow through with the city fathers’ plans. But Miss Randolph’s feisty perseverance gives him second thoughts, reigniting his faith—and showing him how true love can fulfill all their dreams….


Patti Lacy’s bio:

In 1955, Ann Qualls gave birth to her daughter Patti in the front seat of a Buick. By pure coincidence, Ann claims, their daughter was named Patti Day Qualls, PDQ.
This moniker has served Patti well, as she’s moved at least ten times, traveled to forty states, and changed occupations with a liberality unusual in native Texans. However, Patti thinks her latest profession will stick awhile.

The Still, Small Voice encouraged Patti to write after a brave Irish friend shared memories of betrayal and her decision to forgive. In 2008, An Irishwoman’s Tale was published by Kregel Publications. Patti’s second novel, What the Bayou Saw, draws on the memories of two young girls who refused to let segregation, a chain link fence, and a brutal rape come between them.

The secrets women keep and why they keep them continue to capture Patti’s imagination. She writes full time, teaches Bible studies and seminars, and attends book signings. Patti and her husband Alan, an Illinois State faculty member, live in Normal. They have two grown children and a dog named Laura.

Contact information:
www.pattilacy.com
patti@pattilacy.com

Blurb of What the Bayou Saw:

The past can’t stay buried forever Rising author Patti Lacy’s second novel exposes the life of Sally, set amid the shadows of prejudice in Louisiana. Since leaving her home in the South, Sally Stevens has held the secrets of her past at bay, smothering them in a sunny disposition and sugar-coated lies. No one, not even her husband, has heard the truth about her childhood. But when one of her students is violently raped, Sally’s memories quickly bubble to the surface unbidden, like a dead body in a bayou. As Sally’s story comes to light, the lies she’s told begin to catch up with her. And as her web of deceit unravels, she resolves to face the truth at last, whatever the consequences.

8 Comments

  1. I'd love to be included in Dorothy Clark's The Law and Miss Mary book giveaway this week.

    I love Love Inspired books. Historicals are wonderful too thanks. Have a wonderful week.

    ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com

  2. Thanks for this featured book by Patti Lacy. What a wonderful book to enjoy. saubleb(at)gmail(at)com

  3. Please enter me into the contest for this week to win a book. I love to read.

    mamat2730(at)charter(dot)net

  4. What the Bayou Saw has been on my reading list since it first came out and I appreciate the opportunity to win a copy. Thank you for featuring it this week.

    cjarvis [at] bellsouth [dot] net

  5. Thanks, Traveler, Edna, and Carole.
    Hope to see y'all down bayou way!
    Patti

  6. Would love to be entered in the drawing this week for both of these books. I hope that is okay since I just won one but I love these author's books and don't have these yet so I wanted to drop my name in the hat.

    cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com

  7. Would love to be included for either! tWarner419@aol.com

  8. Cherie and Tetewa, thanks for taking the time to enter this contest. Doesn't Margaret put together a wonderful blog?

    Blessings,
    Patti

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