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Q&A + giveaway with author Jane Porter

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BookEnd Babes Summer Sizzle Saturdays Q&A with Jane Porter who talks sand, surf and SHE’S GONE COUNTRY, her newest release. I’ve met Jane in person, and she’s a true sweetheart. I’ve read all of her modern lit books and am pleased to recommend them. -ML

Q: Thanks for being a part of our Summer Sizzle Saturdays. What’s your favorite summer activity and favorite summer destination?
A: My favorite summer activity is reading–although that’s definitely trickier with a 14-month-old running wild–and my favorite summer destination is my home in Hawaii, on Oahu where my man lives and operates his surf school. We do this crazy bi-coastal life (Seattle and Honolulu), but in summer we all get to be together in our beach house.

Q: Tell us briefly about the writing process for this book.
A: She’s Gone Country is probably one of my favorite books I’ve written due to the characters, conflict, and Texas setting, but I wrote it in the first 5 months after my son’s birth which was grueling. Mac had severe acid reflux as an infant and couldn’t keep anything down, and therefore couldn’t put on weight. He was always hungry, crying, wanting more and I was trying to write and nurse on months of next to no sleep. I wouldn’t want to do that again!

Q: We’re ready to have a pool party with your characters. Give us your main character’s names and a one-line definition for us to get to know them at our pool party.
A: Shey Darcy and Dane Kelly grew up in rural Texas on neighboring ranches and have always had a strong connection but life, work and family have kept them apart, but Shey’s now back in Texas as a single mom of three teen boys, and there’s a lot of unfinished business between them.

Q: Book End Babes is all about girlfriends and great reads. What are some of the themes we could explore in your book?
A: A lot of my books have connected characters–girlfriends who went to school together or grew up together or now live near each other–and this one is no exception. As a single mom grappling with lots of life changes she neally needs her girlfriends and the women in her family’s moral support. Probably my favorite theme in SHE’S GONE COUNTRY is that of empowering women and using your strength and success to help girls achieve their dreams, too.

Q: What is a “must read” book in your beach bag this summer?
A: I’ve got The Help tucked into my beach bag and it’s wonderful. It’s the one book I really want to read this summer!

Thanks, Jane. I’ve always been a big fan. Babes, BUY THE BOOK HERE or at your favorite retailer. Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of SHE’S GONE COUNTRY.

Website: www.janeporter.com
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She’s Gone Country

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by Malena Lott

I first heard about Jane Porter in a line to meet her in person at an RWA book signing years ago. She was signing copies of FLIRTING WITH FORTY, her novel (which became a TV movie starring Heather Locklear two years later). Out of all the authors we could meet in the room, I picked her because a) her line was fairly long so I figured her books must be good and b) I thought it was a cute title. (Like, hey, I’m not forty yet! Let’s see how much more fun we can have. Whee!)

Jane is petite, beautiful, friendly. Her smile lights up a space. I read the book in one single car trip and I’ve happily followed her career since – watching the movie, and buying every Grand Central five spot “modern lit” book that came after FWF. Jane’s books feature a different character among a group friends as the protagonist. My favorite of hers is MRS. PERFECT about a suburban wife’s world crashing around her. I had fun loving to “hate” the main character and then ultimately liking her. (Don’t you love when authors do that to you?) I also really identified with ODD MOM OUT, the working mom with one child trying to make life better in Seattle.

In her latest release, SHE’S GONE COUNTRY, we get to know the former model, Shey, better. Mom to three boys, married to a gorgeous photographer, she’s dumped by her husband when he tells her he’s gay. The book begins with her already at the ranch in Texas, where we see her pick up the pieces and try to figure out life with her three sons and wounded heart. Her old boyfriend/bullrider Dane provides some nice cowboy candy to the tale.

Porter simply works for me. Her stories are believable, she’s a fast read, and you know you’re going to get a happy ending. The conflicts with her boys in SGC are ones mothers can certainly relate to and we’ve all had a broken heart at one time or another. For me, recommending her books is as easy as recommending a coffee at Starbucks. Yes, with mocha and extra whip. -ML

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