With her roots firmly planted in the South, Sherryl Woods has written many of her more than 100 books in that distinctive setting, whether her home state of Virginia, her adopted state, Florida, or her much-adored South Carolina. She's also especially partial to small towns, wherever they may be. A member of Novelists Inc., Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America, Sherryl divides her time between her childhood summer home overlooking the Potomac River in Colonial Beach, Virginia, and her oceanfront home, with its lighthouse view, in Key Biscayne, Florida.
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In her latest small-town Southern romance, well-loved Woods portrays Maddie Townsend, who has been blindsided by her pediatrician husband's very public affair with his now-pregnant nurse and the subsequent divorce. Maddie is barely managing to get through each day. Then Ty, her oldest son and the town's star pitcher, loses his concentration on the field and in class, and his coach, former major leaguer Cal Maddox, calls Maddie in for a conference. Maddie's best friends--Helen, the barracuda lawyer, and Dana Sue, a local chef--then offer her a job and a chance to redeem her self-respect: they will finance a for-women-only gym and spa if Maddie will manage it. As Maddie and Cal work together to help Ty, they must decide how to handle their growing closeness in the fishbowl that is Serenity, South Carolina. Woods begins the Sweet Magnolias series with a focus on the unsettling effects of divorce and infidelity on the children of broken marriages, a theme that adds depth and emotional intensity to the romantic relationship. Lynne Welch
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About the Author
With her roots firmly planted in the South, Sherryl Woods has written many of her more than 100 books in that distinctive setting, whether her home state of Virginia, her adopted state, Florida, or her much-adored South Carolina. She's also especially partial to small towns, wherever they may be. A member of Novelists Inc., Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America, Sherryl divides her time between her childhood summer home overlooking the Potomac River in Colonial Beach, Virginia, and her oceanfront home, with its lighthouse view, in Key Biscayne, Florida.