Good Monday Morning Readers!
Today, Jo Huddleston visits Lagniappe to discuss her latest release, Wait for Me.
Welcome, Jo!
Tell us a little about Wait for Me
Can
Julie, an only child raised with privilege and groomed for high society, and
Robby, a coal miner’s son, escape the binds of their socioeconomic backgrounds?
Set in a coal mining community in West Virginia in the 1950s, can their love
survive their cultural boundaries?
This
is a tragically beautiful love story of a simple yet deep love between two soul
mates, Robby and Julie. The American South’s rigid caste system and her
mother demand that Julie chooses to marry an ambitious young man from a
prominent and suitable family. Julie counters her mother’s stringent social
rules with deception and secrets in order to keep Robby in her life. Can the
couple break the shackles of polite society and spend their lives together?
Will Julie’s mother ever accept Robby?
What Bible
verse speaks to you the most?
Philippians 4:8 Finally,
brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is
pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or
praiseworthy—think about such things.
Give readers your brand/tagline and share how
you came up with it.
Sweet Southern Romances. I’m a
born-and-raised U.S. Southerner—I write stories set in the American South and
about people who live there.
What
author's books do you enjoy reading?
I keep an updated list of my all-time favorite novels because the story
stays with me and I love to read books by the author. Here’s my current list
(alphabetically by author): Christina Berry-The Familiar Stranger, Cassandra
King-Same Sweet Girls, Margaret Mitchell-Gone with the Wind, Francine
Rivers-Redeeming love, James Rubart-Rooms.
What is your
hope for the readers of your books?
That
they will be entertained while reading my stories and that they will learn of God’s
love through my characters.
What can readers who enjoy your book do to help
make it successful?
When readers enjoy my
book, I hope they will tell others about it and leave a short review why they
liked it on the book’s Amazon page. Both are very much appreciated.
What can we expect from you in the future?
I’m working on book 2 in the West
Virginia Mountains Series. Don’t have a title yet. I usually get my titles from
a scene or chapter while I’m writing the book.
LIGHTNING
ROUND
Laptop or Desktop? Laptop
Biscuits or Dinner Roll?
Dinner Roll
Vacation: Beach or Mountains?
Beach
Y’all or You Guys? Y’all
You can find Jo at:
Wait for Me is available through Amazon for either Kindle eBook or in print at: http://tiny.cc/xndfwx
Readers, thanks for visiting Lagniappe.
Leave your answer to Jo's question for a chance to win a Kindle copy of Wait for Me.
Her question to you:
Which do you enjoy more, stand-alone books or books in a series?
I pray you find
"a little something extra"
in each of your days.
Marian
