Greetings Ron Rash fan! 

Since our monthly newsletter is still in the works, we wanted to go ahead and let you know about some exciting bookish things happening this month! We have an amazing fall line-up of authors and hope you can join us to learn about some fabulous new books.

If you are unable to make one of our author events, you are welcome to reserve signed copies by contacting us in advance, by email at info@fiction-addiction.com or by phone at 864-675-0540. Personalized copies will need to be prepaid.

Book Your Lunch with Sharyn McCrumb: Wednesday, October 2nd, 12pm @ City Range, $55*

Told from the points of view of Patriot leader John Sevier and Tory camp follower Virginia Sal, King's Mountain (St. Martin's Press, hardcover, $25.99), by award-winning Southern author Sharyn McCrumb, brings to life the people and events on the Southern front of the Revolution -- a story largely ignored by the history books. *Note: The ticket price for this event includes one copy of the featured book. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Reba White Williams In-Store Signing: Thursday, October 3rd, 1-3pm, FREE

Southern native  Reba White Williams will be signing copies of the first book in her new cozy mystery series featuring Coleman and Dinah Greene, Restrike (Delos Publishing, paperback, $12.00), at Fiction Addiction. Cousins Coleman and Dinah Greene discover that money and murder go hand in glove when they move from North Carolina to New York to make their mark in the art world and must discover the truth about a glamorous benefactor.

Star Wars Reads Day In-Store Party: Saturday, October 5th, 12-2pm, FREE

If your kids (or the kid in you) are Star Wars fans, come celebrate Star Wars Reads Day at Fiction Addiction's new location (1175 Woods Crossing Rd.) on Saturday, October 5th, from 12:00pm - 2:00pm. We will have Star Wars story time, a costume contest, and other activities. We will be serving Star Wars-themed refreshments, and there will be a Star Wars character present.

Tommy Hays Launch Party: Sunday, October 6th, 2pm @ the home of Pat Scales, FREE

Critically acclaimed Asheville, NC, author  Tommy Hays will be celebrating the launch of his first middle-grade novel,  What I Came to Tell You (EgmontUSA, hardcover, $15.99), at the home of former school librarian and children's book reviewer Pat Scales (200 Stewart St., Greenville). Tender, touching, and utterly compelling, this is a story of grief, love, and hard-won redemption. This event is free and open to the public. Fiction Addiction will have books for sale at the event. Click here to see the invitation.

Book Your Lunch with Patricia Moore-Pastides: Tuesday, October 8th, 12pm @ Thornblade Club, $25

University of South Carolina First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides heads to the garden in this new cookbook that makes a do-it-yourself healthful lifestyle possible, offering guidance on how to pursue healthy eating, starting from the ground up, in  Greek Revival From the Garden (University of South Carolina Press, hardcover, $27.95). Tickets can be purchased online at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Book Your Lunch with Susan Gregg Gilmore: Thursday, October 10th, 12pm @ City Range, $25

Susan Gregg Gilmore tells a deeply touching Southern story filled with struggle and hope in her new historical novel,  The Funeral Dress (Broadway Books, paperback, $16.00). In a moving tale exploring Southern spirit and camaraderie among working women, a young mother will compel a town to become a community. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Book Your Lunch with John Milliken Thompson: Tuesday, October 15th, 12pm @ Thornblade Club, $25

From Southern author John Milliken Thompson comes his new novel, Love and Lament (Other Press, paperback, $15.95), in which a dauntless heroine coming of age at the turn of the 20th century confronts the hazards of patriarchy and prejudice and discovers the unexpected opportunities of World War I. Set in rural North Carolina between the late 1800s and World War I, Love and Lament chronicles the Hartsoe family's extraordinary hardships and misfortunes. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Fiction Addiction's Annual Book Club Party: Thursday, October 17th, 6pm, $5*

Are you in a book club? Thinking about joining or starting a book club? Like to read "book club-type books"? Then come join us for our Book Club Party at Fiction Addiction! We will be serving wine and cheese as we present current and upcoming titles that would make good book club picks. We will also be giving away a number of free "advance reading copies." *Note: Tickets are $5 but can be redeemed for $5 off any merchandise purchased that evening. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Book Your Lunch with Lake E. High Jr.: Thursday, October 24th, 12pm @ Fiction Addiction, $30*

Join author and president of the South Carolina Barbeque Association Lake E. High Jr. as he traces our state's delectable barbeque history from its pre-colonial roots to a thriving modern-day tradition that fuels an endless debate over where to find the best plate, when he discusses his new book, A History of South Carolina Barbeque (The History Press, paperback, $19.99). *Note: The ticket price for this event includes a barbeque lunch plate and drink provided by Henry's Smokehouse food truck and one copy of the featured book. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Rose Tomlin In-Store Signing: Saturday, October 26th, 11am-1pm, FREE

South Carolina author Rose Tomlin will be signing copies of her historical novel, Duel of the Heart (Evening Post, hardcover, $22.95), at Fiction Addiction. Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of political figure Aaron Burr, had a fascinating life that mirrored the turbulence of our young country at the time. She married unexpectedly and struggled to adapt to her new place as mistress of a rice plantation in South Carolina, which stretched her loyalties between her husband and her father.

Book Your Lunch with Celia Rivenbark: Wednesday, October 30th, 12pm @ Thornblade Club, $45*

Good manners have never been so wickedly funny in Celia Rivenbark's 7th humor collection, Rude Bitches Make Me Tired (St. Martin's, paperback, $14.99, releases 10/22/13), with her thoughts on everything from check splitting to the pitfalls of airline travel to the art of the visit and much, much more. *Note: The ticket price for this event includes one copy of the featured book. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Fierce Reads YA Talk & Signing: Saturday, November 2nd, 4pm @ Fiction Addiction, $15*

Bestselling Breathless Reads authors Ann Aguirre (author of the Razorland trilogy, Enclave, Outpost, and the new book, Horde), Gennifer Albin (author of Crewel and its new sequel, Altered), Leigh Bardugo (author of Shadow and Bone and its new sequel, Siege and Storm), and Jessica Brody (author of Unremembered) will be discussing and signing their latest young adult books at Fiction Addiction. Seating is limited, so we encourage you to purchase your tickets today, either online or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

*General tickets are $15 each in advance ($20 at the door); VIP tickets are $50 each. Each ticket can be redeemed towards the purchase of any of the authors' books prior to or at the event and includes one admission pass to the event. VIP tickets also receive guaranteed front-row seating and a spot at the front of the signing line, as well as a bag of free "advance reader copy" books.

Book Your Lunch with Tara Conklin: Friday, November 15th, 12pm @ City Range, $25

In Tara Conklin's debut novel, The House Girl (William Morrow, paperback, $14.99, on sale 11/5/13), Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in an elite Manhattan law firm, is given a difficult, highly sensitive assignment that can make her career: find the "perfect plaintiff" to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for the descendants of American slaves. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling us at 864-675-0540.

Thanks for your continued patronage!