The Cast Net

Leaving the glamor of a successful advertising career in New York, Mills Taylor eagerly accepts a position as the director of an educational scholarship foundation in Alston Station, a town near Charleston, South Carolina---the opportunity for a simpler, less hectic life is just too appealing to turn down. But, she unwittingly steps into an unfamiliar world of family secrets, betrayal, supernatural tales, southern traditions, and money---lots of money. Her new boss, Cooper Heath, is as socially conscious as he is charming, but falls from favor when his beautiful wife goes missing. Fundraising work brings Mills in close contact with a community divided in loyalty to Heath---does she have to choose a side? The Cast Net chronicles a world of southern money and power in the late 1980s. Living and working closely with the Heath family, Mills learns the deeper meaning of "the cast net" and why it has been embraced by generations of Low Country residents. The Cast Net is a compelling and engaging novel about roots, a sense of community, trust, redemption, and, especially, love.

· Promotional Tour of the Low Country of Georgia and South Carolina, May 2013 promoting Catherine’s Cross and The Cast Net with visits to newspapers, Savannah Morning News, Hilton Head Island Packet, Charleston Post and Courier, airport book stores in Savannah, Charleston, Columbia; independent book stores and chains (Barnes and Noble) Over a dozen promotional visits.

· Active member South Carolina Writer’s Workshop Chapin Chapter

· Currently writing sequel to The Cast Net

Book signings:

· South Carolina Book Festival, Columbia, South Carolina 2012 and 2013

· McIntosh Book Shoppe, 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina, multiple signing events

· Books on Main, 1209 Main Street, Newberry, South Carolina, multiple signing events

· Reinert LePrince Fine Art Gallery, 179 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Merchant event, 2nd Sunday on King, multiple signing events

· The Book Dispensary, 710-C Gracern Road, Columbia, South Carolina

· Fiction Addiction, 1175 Woods Crossing Road, Greenville, South Carolina

· Go Fish, 106 West Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia

· Towne Square Antique Mall, Prosperity, South Carolina, multiple signings

· Little Mountain Antique Mall, Little Mountain, South Carolina

· Upcoming signing event: Barnes & Noble, 278-A Harbison Blvd., Columbia, South Carolina, August 3, 2013

Speaking engagements:

· South Carolina Book Festival, Columbia, South Carolina, Where Writer’s Win panel, social media educational seminar

· Chapin, South Carolina, Library Book Club

· Prosperity, South Carolina, Lady’s Book Club

· Night Harbor, Chapin, South Carolina, Lady’s Book Club

· Upcoming speaking engagement: Meet the Author Program, Sun City, Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 2014