In June, Barnes and Noble Booksellers hosted a book signing
that featured 2012’s Frontiers in Writing
conference presenters. I visited with authors Joe Trent and Mary Lou Cheatham,
two of the event’s out-of-town speakers.
I was curious about
Mary Lou Cheatham’s Secret Promise,
because she worked on it during the short time she lived in Amarillo. Yesterday,
I finally read a copy. Typical of the romance genre, the protagonist is lovely,
and her romantic interest is handsome and athletic. But Mary Lou's inspirational story about a young woman in 1907 proves that
creating steamy sex scenes is not a prerequisite to writing a romantic novel.
As expected, it finishes with the required happy ending.
The deep South inspired the setting for Mary Lou’s Christian
romance story as well as a cookbook she authored with Paul Elliot. The Collard Patch includes information about growing and harvesting the amazing
cholesterol-lowering vegetable.
Learn more about Mary Lou Cheatham on Facebook, and two blogs:
http://doyouknowhowgodlovesyou.blogspot.com
and http://collardpatch.blogspot.com.
