Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe Blog Tour and #Giveaway #LoneStarLit

Posted May 19, 2020 by Lynn in Blog Tours, Giveaways / 4 Comments

BREAKFAST AT THE HONEY CREEK CAFÉ
A Honey Creek Novel
by
Jodi Thomas
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Zebra
Publication Date: May 26, 2020
Number of Pages: 336 pages

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From Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Mornings on Main and Indigo Lake, comes this heartwarming new novel set in Honey Creek, Texas—a small town where family bonds and legends run deep, and friendship and love are always close at hand . . .


Piper Jane Mackenzie, mayor of Honey Creek, won’t let a major scandal rip her quirky hometown apart or jeopardize her dream of one day running for higher office. So she’s willing to welcome undercover detective Colby McBride, hired to help solve the mystery behind her wannabe fiancé’s disappearance. Colby’s cover? That he is an old boyfriend now begging Piper for a second chance—always when there are plenty of townsfolk around to witness his shenanigans.
Piper hardly knows whether to laugh or cry, especially when she finds herself drawn to the handsome rascal. He’s not the only newcomer she has to deal with. There’s a new interim preacher in town, Sam Cassidy. Drifting from one assignment to another since his one love died, Sam isn’t sure he’s the right fit for Honey Creek. But as Piper knows, this is a place chock-full of surprises. And if she can keep her town—and her heart—from going completely off the rails, there may be a sweet, unexpected future in store . . .
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People Are Rarely What They Seem

By Jodi Thomas

When I began to write Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café, I wanted to look deeper into people.

As many of you know, I don’t make up characters; I meet them in my mind. When I’m all alone in my office, it’s very much like a character walks in, sits down, and begins to tell me his story.

In this book, my office was full of characters within days. I had to write my story with all of them hanging over my shoulders.

They might have thought that they were all different, but they had something in common—they were each far more than the small thought that they were. In most cases, the outside that people in Honey Creek saw was only a fraction of who they truly were.

The first kid I met was Pecos Smith. We’ve all known him—that kid that everyone knows, but no one hangs around with. He fits into no gang or club. He’s tall and thin with pimply skin. Doesn’t know how to dress or talk to girls.

When his story opens, he’s just become the town’s only Uber driver—only he drives an old pickup. The night of the prom, he hopes to make some money since he doesn’t have a date. At midnight, he picks up one lift, the prettiest girl in school. Miss Perfect is shattered and crying . . . and she sees him. Trust me, you are going to love this kid as the whole town watches him grow into a man.

So come along with me to Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café, where you’ll meet Sam, who pretends to be a preacher, and Colby, who falls for the one woman in town he’s protecting.

As all the people told me their stories of love and loss, three little kids wandered through my office, pulling a wagon behind the town drunk. When I asked Sam, the pretend preacher, what they were doing, he said, “They’re waiting for Daily Watts to pass out so they can put him in the wagon and take him home.”

Then, he winked at me and said, “Daily was a good man until his wife died. The kids need a dad and they picked him.”

I didn’t say a word; I just kept writing.

Welcome to the town and characters of Honey Creek.

With millions of books in print, Jodi Thomas is both a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over fifty novels and countless short story collections. Her stories travel through the past and present days of Texas and draw readers from around the world.

 

In July 2006, Jodi was the eleventh writer to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. With five RITAs to her credit, along with National Readers’ Choice Awards and Booksellers’ Best Awards, Thomas has proven her skill as a master storyteller.
 
Thomas was honored in 2002 as a Distinguished Alumni by Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and served sixteen years as the Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.
 
When not working on a novel, or inspiring students to pursue writing careers, Thomas enjoys traveling with her family, renovating an historic home, and “checking up” on two grown sons and four grandchildren.

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ONE WINNER: One signed copy of Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café
MAY 12-21, 2020
(US ONLY)
 
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Posted May 19, 2020 by Lynn in Blog Tours, Giveaways / 4 Comments

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4 responses to “Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe Blog Tour and #Giveaway #LoneStarLit

  1. Kym

    That book sounds like so much fun. The perfect read while home looking for covid distractions. I love a good cozy mystery. romance. Thanks for sharing. If you’re feeling so inclined feel free to hop over to my page. You can find it here.

    • Lynn

      Thanks for stopping by, Kym. And I agree. This book does look like a great distraction!

  2. Thanks for hosting me today! I am so glad you were on my blog tour and let your readers know about my latest book in my new series.