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Donna Everhart’s first three novels, The Education of her school’s gruff but compassionate nurse describes as the
Dixie Dupree, The Road to Bittersweet and The Forgiv- “monster” inside Jessie.
ing Kind, firmly established her as a powerful new voice
in Southern fiction, receiving much acclaim includ-ing an Resenting her father’s insistence that moonshining runs in
IndieNext List selection, a SIBA Okra Pick, a Southeast- her veins, Jessie makes a plan to destroy the stills, using
ern Library Association Award, and Amazon Best Books their neighbors as scapegoats. Instead, her scheme esca-
of the Month selection. Now readers will again fall in love lates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges. As she
with the heart and authenticity of Ever-hart’s writing in endeavors to right wrongs old and new, Jessie’s loyalties
The Moonshiner’s Daughter, released December 31, 2019 will bring her to unexpected revela-tions about her family,
by Kensington Publishing. her strengths—and a legacy that may provide her with the
answers she has been longing for.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their histo- Donna Everhart is the USA Today bestselling author of The
ry is recorded in a leather-bound journal that belongs to Road to Bittersweet, winner of the Southeastern Library
Jessie Sasser’s daddy, but Jessie wants no part of it. As far Association Outstanding Authors Award, The Education of
as she’s concerned, moonshine caused her mother’s death Dixie Dupree, which was a 2016 IndieNext List selection,
a dozen years ago. The Road to Bitter-sweet, The Forgiving Kind and The
Moonshiner’s Daughter (on sale December 31, 2019). She
Her father refuses to speak about her mama, or about the grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and has lived close to
day she died. But Jessie has a gnawing hunger for the her hometown for most of her life. She now lives in Dunn,
truth—one that compels her to seek comfort in food. Yet North Carolina with her husband, and a tiny, heart stealing
all her self-destructive behavior seems to do is feed what Yorkshire terrier, named Mister.

A book signing is scheduled for January 11th at the Broad Street Deli & Market. Stop by
the deli and pick up your copy for a chance to meet the author.

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