Good morning, readers, The winner of this week’s signed copy of The Moonshiner’s Daughter is Wanda Maldonado!!!  Wanda, please PM me (if you’re on FB) or email me at deverhart2@nc.rr.com with your mailing address and I’ll get a copy of the book in the mail


WHEN THE JESSAMINE GROWS by Donna Everhart
Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s installment of First Sentence Friday!  North Carolina in the 1860s was remote and vastly rural. From a source I use for research comes this quote, “Few farms in North Carolina were the great plantations we see in movies, and


Good morning, readers! The winner of this week’s book, THE SAINTS OF SWALLOW HILL, is Michelle Klinetobe!!! (from the blog comments) Michelle, please email your address to deverhart2@nc.rr.com so I can get it in the mail to you!  (or, if you’re out on FB, feel


WHEN THE JESSAMINE GROWS by Donna Everhart
Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s installment of First Sentence Friday!  I’ve always heard, and have often said, if you want to learn about patience, get a dog. For instance, you can’t (make that CAN’T) rush a pup who’s got to find just the right


Good morning, readers! No winner this week for a copy of The Saints of Swallow Hill. All comments were either from those who’d read the book, or had just won a book previously or recently. Which isn’t a bad thing! 👍     See you


WHEN THE JESSAMINE GROWS by Donna Everhart
Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s installment of First Sentence Friday/Free Book Friday! I have always thought long and hard about the role women play in my stories, and I’m partial to writing about strong females facing what seem like insurmountable odds. To tell the


Good morning, readers! The winner of this week’s book, THE FORGIVING KIND, is Heather McErlean!!!   Heather, please email me at deverhart2@nc.rr.com with your address so I can get it in the mail to you!  (or, if you’re out on FB, PM me) Congratulations, and


WHEN THE JESSAMINE GROWS by Donna Everhart
Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s installment of First Sentence/Free Book Friday! This week’s sentence is on the relationship between Joetta and her father-in-law, Rudean McBride. There’s always one in every bunch, as the old saying goes.  As the very first sentence of #WhentheJessamineGrows revealed,


Good morning, readers! The winner of this week’s book, THE MOONSHINER’S DAUGHTER is JULIE GOLIN!!!   JULIE, please email me at deverhart2@nc.rr.com with your address so I can get it in the mail to you!  (or, if you’re out on FB, PM me) Congratulations, and


WHEN THE JESSAMINE GROWS by Donna Everhart
Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s installment of First Sentence/Free Book Friday! The focus of this weeks sentence is on Joetta’s oldest son, fifteen-year-old Henry. (Reminder, these posts will always be spoiler free!) The cover copy states this; When fifteen-year-old Henry, impressed by his grandfather’s