Linsey Lanier
Sally Kilpatrick
Sia Huff
Romily Bernard
Darcy Crowder
Marilyn Baron
Tami Brothers
Sandra Elzie
Carol Burnside
Debbie Kaufman
Maxine Davis
Tammy Schubert
Susan Carlisle
Pam Asberry
Lindy Chaffin StartMagnolia Wednesdays by Wendy Wax
By Wendy Wax
Publisher: The Berkley® Publishing Group, Trade Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-425-23235-4
Publication Date: March 2, 2010
Wendy Wax’s latest book, Magnolia Wednesdays, should really be called “I’ve Got a Secret.” The characters in this book have so many secrets, and the book drops so many bombshells, you’ll feel like you’re under fire.
Just read the opening salvo:
“Well-bred girls from good Southern families are not supposed to get shot.”
Forty-one-year-old Vivien Armstrong Gray or “Vivi,” the main character, gets herself in so much trouble, you’ll wonder how Wendy is going to write her way out of it. It starts when the unmarried investigative TV reporter gets a bullet in her backside during an undercover exposé in New York City and becomes the butt of everyone’s joke on YouTube. Then she loses her job and finds out she’s pregnant and that’s just in the first four chapters.
When she moves into her sister Melanie’s house in suburban Atlanta, she begins secretly investigating her brother-in-law’s death and uncovers more than she bargained for.
But Vivi isn’t the only one keeping secrets. All of the four women who form friendships at Melanie’s ballroom dance studio, Magnolia Ballroom, have something to hide and something to learn. The book is full of fun and surprises, as Vivi tries to cultivate a relationship with her sister and navigate a bond with her troubled teenage niece and nephew as well as her own dysfunctional family.
She keeps the biggest secret of all from dashing network senior international correspondent Stone Seymour, who never finds out he’s the father of Vivi’s baby until the end of the last chapter.
If you want to get a goodnight’s sleep, don’t start reading this book because you won’t be able to put it down.
BUT, if you want an exciting read, thrilling all the way to the end, then Magnolia Wednesdays is for you.
Tags: book review, Magnolia Wednesdays, Marilyn Baron, Wendy Wax
About the author
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Marilyn Baron | Marilyn Baron's debut novel, The Edger, a humorous women's fiction she cowrote with her sister, award-winning Florida artist Sharon Goldman, was released January 2012. THE EDGER is available at Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006Y3P12Y#_
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/123376
Barnes & Noble Nook Books http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-edger-marilyn-baron/1108321593?ean=2940013703957&itm=1&usri=the+edger+marilyn+baron
Her humorous supernatural e-short stories, "A Choir of Angels," "Follow an Angel," and "The Stand-In Bridegroom," are available from TWB Press at http://www.twbpress.com/thestandinbridegroom.html.
Marilyn Baron is a public relations consultant in Atlanta. She’s a PRO member of Romance Writers of America, and is the winner of the GRW 2009 Chapter Service Award.
She writes humorous women’s fiction, romantic suspense and paranormal. Her manuscript, “The Colonoscopy Club,” finaled in the GRW Unpublished Maggie Awards for Excellence in 2005 in the Single Title category and "The Edger," won first place in the Suspense Romance category of the 2010 Ignite the Flame Contest, sponsored by the Central Ohio Fiction Writers chapter of RWA.
She graduated from The University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. What’s unique about my writing? I try to inject humor into everything I write, from romantic suspense to women’s fiction. I like to laugh and I think my readers do too. I tend to feature older heroines, because let’s face it, we’re not getting any younger.
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February 27th, 2010 at 12:37 am
You know, I have to tell you, I really enjoy this blog and the insight from everyone who participates. I find it to be refreshing and very informative. I wish there were more blogs like it. Anyway, I felt it was about time I posted, I
February 27th, 2010 at 8:19 am
Thank you, Jason!!!!
And thank you, Marilyn! This is an awesome review. I LOVE IT and I haven’t even read the book yet. Thanks for the review. I will definitely be looking for this book!
Tami
February 27th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Jason,
We are so happy you feel that way and we’re so happy you left a comment. Please continue to come back. We love hearing from you!
Tami,
I appreciate it. Glad you liked the review.
Marilyn
February 27th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Marilyn, thanks so much for the kind words! I’m so glad you enjoyed Magnolia Wednesdays. I had a great time writing it–especially the research at a local ballroom dance studio!
Tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 27) there’s a launch party at Atlanta Dance in Marietta, the studio where I did research–stepping on many toes in the process! : )
If you’re anywhere near Marietta, Georgia I hope you’ll come by for the book signing, giveaways and free group dance lesson for anyone who wants to participate!
Atlanta Dance
2213 Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30062
Sunday, Feb 27 2-4PM
More info is available in the appearances section of my website!
Please come by and say hi!
February 27th, 2010 at 9:42 am
I hope to stop by tomorrow and I’m glad you put the information up so everyone can attend.
I really enjoyed the book and writing the review. Thank you for your comment.
February 27th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Terrific review, Marilyn. What a great opening! This sounds like another winner from Wendy Wax. Thanks for telling us about it.
And thanks, Wendy, for stopping by and letting us know about your book signing!
Thanks, too to Jason and his kind words.
February 28th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
I am so looking forward to reading Magnolia Wednesdays. Love, love, love Wendy Wax’s writing. Wish I could have made it to the launch party.