June 18, 2007

Hi, Friends,

This is a very short newsletter with some really big news!

My book, LOVE IN A SMALL TOWN, is one of the three fiction finalists in BEST BOOKS OF INDIANA, 2006. I had a call from Dawn Lipp at the Indiana State Library Thursday, letting me know. The awards ceremony and announcement of the winner will be July 19 at the State Library. I'm greatly honored and thrilled. I'm an Indiana native and lived there all my life, until moving to Florida a year ago.



LOVE IN A SMALL TOWN by Betty Jo Schuler
It's late June when Sam Champion drives into an Illinois town and sees a "Grow Browning" billboard, with the population, 3653, in changeable numbers, like those on a scoreboard. Sam, an Arizona professor, wants to sell the house he inherited, fast, and return to Arizona, for a prestigious promotion. Lily Madison, his red-haired neighbor is an accident-waiting-to-happen, but beautiful, determined, and smart, she has other plans for Sam and Browning. Lily brightens Sam’s life, but he doesn’t realize how much until he tries to walk away.

http://bettyjowrites.com ~ Combined with FINDING MR. ROMANTIC in DD# 28 HSWF http://www.hardshell.com/
Exact link is http://www.hardshell.com/Search.aspx?Keyword=Love+in+a+Small+Town
Also available from Barnes & Noble online, or ask your B&N or other bookstores to order it from Hard Shell.
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On the flip side of the book is FINDING MR. ROMANTIC by Betty Jo Schulet. Both are full-length novels.

Nick Dennis, a mystery writer who's gone where he wanted and done what he liked, has never had a serious relationship. Celeste Harte, a widow who's always met others' expectations, is looking for a romantic man. Nick is secretly trying to write a romance novel on a bet but can't get inside his heroine's head. She wants to become a free spirit. When he tells Celeste he doesn't understand women, she thinks he's joking. When he offers to turn her life around, she knows he can turn it upside down but can't resist.

Thanks for letting me share my wonderful news!
Betty Jo