Fiction Addiction

1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5
Greenville, SC 29607
864-675-0540
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www.fiction-addiction.comFebruary 14, 2013

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CONTACT:
Jill Hendrix
Fiction Addiction
864-675-0540
[email protected]
http://www.fiction-addiction.com 

Book Signing & Recipe Swap with Southern Author Mary Ellen Taylor

The Union Street Bakery Greenville, SC, February 14, 2013 - Southern author Mary Ellen Taylor will be signing copies of her new women's fiction novel, The Union Street Bakery (Berkley, paperback, $15.00), and participating in a recipe swap at Fiction Addiction on Friday, March 8th, from 3-5pm. Come share your favorite recipes and get some new ones in return!

 

Life can turn on a dime. It's a common clich�, and I'd heard it often enough. People die or move away. Investments go south. Affairs end. Loved ones betray us . . . Stuff happens. 

Daisy McCrae's life is in tatters. She's lost her job, broken up with her boyfriend, and has been reduced to living in the attic above her family's store, the Union Street Bakery, while learning the business. Unfortunately, the bakery is in serious hardship. Making things worse is the constant feeling of not being a "real" McCrae since she was adopted as a child and has a less-than-perfect relationship with her two sisters. 

Then a long-standing elderly customer passes away, and for some reason bequeaths Daisy a journal dating back to the 1850s, written by a slave girl named Susie. As she reads, Daisy learns more about her family--and her own heritage--than she ever dreamed. Haunted by dreams of the young Susie, who beckons Daisy to "find her," she is compelled to look further into the past of the town and her family. 

What she finds are the answers she has longed for her entire life, and a chance to begin again with the courage and desire she thought she lost for good.
  
   
Mary Ellen TaylorMary Ellen Taylor's southern family has always enjoyed tall tales and good yarns. Early on, Mary Ellen realized that Story had tremendous power to inspire laughter, love, sorrow and even fear. It didn't matter if the tales were found in the pages of a book, spoken in hushed tones around a campfire, or shared at an old-fashioned southern family reunion, stories created connections.
 
This appreciation of story motivated Mary Ellen to earn an English degree from Virginia's Hollins University. After a decade of working in marketing and sales, Mary Ellen became convinced she could write and sell one of the many stories swirling in her head. Fingers crossed, Mary Ellen left the marketing profession and devoted all her spare time to writing a novel.
 
Under the name Mary Burton, she has written twelve historical romances for Harlequin Historicals, four short romantic suspenses for Silhouette Romantic Suspense and now writes single title suspense novels for Kensington. Mary Burton is a 2005 RITA Finalist (Short Historical) and a 2006 nominee for the Romantic Times' Critics Choice Award.
 
Mary Ellen is an avid baker who spends many afternoons testing and tweaking recipes. She resides in Virginia where she enjoys yoga, hiking and her two miniature dachshunds, Buddy and Bella.
 
 
      
If you cannot make the signing, you can reserve a personalized copy of The Union Street Bakery by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at [email protected].
 

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 have recently moved to a new, bigger location at 1175 Woods Crossing Rd.

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