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CONTACT:
Jill Hendrix
Fiction Addiction
864-675-0540
info@fiction-addiction.com
http://www.fiction-addiction.com
Book Talk & Signing for Bestselling North Carolina Author Kay Hooper
 Greenville, SC, July 12, 2012 - New York Times bestselling North Carolina author Kay Hooper will be discussing and signing the newest novel in her Bishop / Special Crimes Unit mystery series, Haven (Berkley, hardcover, $26.95), at Fiction Addiction's new store location (1175 Woods Crossing Rd.) on Wednesday, August 1st, at 7:00pm. Ms. Hooper will talk for 20 minutes, take questions from the audience, and sign books. Tickets are $5.00 but may be redeemed for $5 off any merchandise purchase made that evening. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 864-675-0540.
Emma Rayburn was born and raised in Baron Hollow, North Carolina, and it was a quiet life. Then came the accident . . . and the nightmares -- each filled with unshakable visions of darkness, blind panic, and desperate women chased toward inevitable death. With no reports of local women missing or found dead, Emma has written it off to trouble imaginings -- night after dreaded night. Until her sister arrives.
Jessie Rayburn, psychic investigator for a firm called Haven, has been estranged from Emma for years. Unresolved issues from Jessie's past have not only kept them apart but have been clouding Jessie's unique abilities. A return to her hometown to face a dark and violent incident from years gone by is her chance to regain them. But reconciliation with the past comes with a price. Few people in Baron Hollow are welcoming Jessie back. No one dares to breathe a word. And in this conspiracy of silence, Emma's nightmares are becoming more vivid than ever.
Even with the help of Noah Bishop, head of the FBI Special Crimes Unit and co-founder of Haven, Jessie and Emma soon find themselves outnumbered by the secrets buried in Baron Hollow -- and outrunning an evil that has been festering for years, one that's targeting Jessie and Emma one last time.
 Kay Hooper was born in California, where her father was stationed in the Air Force at the time. The family moved back to North Carolina shortly afterward, so she was raised and went to school there.
The oldest of three children, Kay has a younger brother and sister. Her father (now retired) and brother are builders who own a highly respected construction company, and her mother worked for many years in personnel management before becoming Kay's personal assistant, a position she held until her untimely death in 2002. Kay's sister Linda works as her business manager, events coordinator, and regional publicist. Kay and Linda also co-own an independent bookstore, Fireside Books and Gifts. Kay graduated from East Rutherford High School and attended Isothermal Community College -- where she quickly discovered that business classes did not in any way enthrall her. Switching to more involving courses such as history and literature, she also began to concentrate on writing, which had been a longtime interest. Very quickly hooked, she asked for a Christmas typewriter and began seriously working on her first novel. That book, a Regency romance title Lady Thief, sold to Dell Publishing in 1980. She has since published more than 60 novels and four novellas. Kay is single and lives in a very small town in North Carolina, not far from her father and siblings. Deigning to live with her are a flock of cats with various personalities who all like sleeping on manuscripts and whatever research happens to be spread across Kay's desk. And living among the many felines are two cheerfully tolerant dogs, a shelter rescue named Bandit who looks rather like a small sheepdog and a Sheltie named Lizzie. Kay also fosters cats and kittens for the Community Pet Center, a non-profit rescue organization on whose board she sits. If you cannot make the signing, you can reserve a personalized copy of many of Ms. Hooper's books by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.
ABOUT FICTION ADDICTION - Fiction Addiction is a local, woman-owned, independent bookstore established in 2001. The store carries a mixture of new and used fiction and nonfiction, including children's books, as well as gift items. We are located at 1020A Woodruff Road (across from Costco), but will be moving on July 14th to a new location at 1175 Woods Crossing Road (in the shopping center with Five Guys and Fried Green Tomatoes).
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