The Sunset Inn -- Sunset Beach, North Carolina
We normally wait until the first Monday of each month to announce our book club selections but we wanted to give you a heads-up about our July pick. She Reads co-founder, Marybeth Whalen, takes us back to Sunset Beach, the setting of her first novel, in her latest release THE GUEST BOOK. And she wants to give you the chance to visit this idyllic oceanside town.
Grand Prize: Win a trip for two to Sunset Beach, North Carolina. Three-days and two beautiful nights at The Sunset Inn for two people in a double occupancy room; travel and food stipend included, ARV: $2,000.
Runners-Up: Three runners-up will win ten copies of The Guest Book by Mary Beth Whalen. Share the copies with your reading club so all ten of you can enter into Macy Dillon’s world. ARV: $149.90 each.
Entry Details: Enter for a chance to win at www.MarybethWhalen.com. Entries accepted from June 1, 2012-August 31, 2012. Winner will be chosen on, or around September 4, 2012.
THE GUEST BOOK is now available for pre-order. Make sure to grab a copy in time to join our month-long discussion in July.
Twenty-five years after she began exchanging drawings with a mysterious boy in the guestbook of a Carolina beach house, Macy Dillon is back at Sunset Beach—this time toting a hurting heart and a broken family. Will she be able find the man whose drawings moved her so deeply when she was a child? Questions of childhood, loss, and longing for love are explored in author Marybeth Whalen’s touching and thought-provoking, The Guest Book.
Marybeth Whalen is the wife of Curt and mom of six children. The family lives outside Charlotte, NC. Marybeth is the author of the novels “The Mailbox,” “She Makes It Look Easy” and the upcoming “The Guest Book”. She also serves as director of She Reads, an online book club focused on spotlighting the best in women’s fiction. Marybeth spends most of her time in the grocery store but occasionally escapes long enough to scribble some words. She’s always at work on her next novel. You can find her online at www.marybethwhalen.com.We would love for you to enter this amazing contest. But remember, you must do so at Marybeth’s website!
About Ariel Lawhon
Ariel Lawhon is the co-founder of She Reads, novelist, blogger, storyteller, and life-long reader. She lives in Texas with her husband and four young sons (aka The Wild Rumpus). Ariel believes that Story is the shortest distance to the human heart.
Oh my word, I want to jump into that book right now!!
This picture from this post inspired my husband to book our vacation at Sunset Beach. I loved The Mailbox and look forward to reading MaryBeth’s second book as well as The Guest Book!
I am SO excited for this book! I have read both of MaryBeth’s other books and LOVED them!