Shout Out to Sally Roseveare

by Betsy Ashton

Betsy Ashton, born in Washington, DC, was raised in Southern California where she ran wild with coyotes in the hills above Malibu. She protested the war in Vietnam, burned her bra for feminism, and is a steadfast Independent. She is a writer, a thinker, the mother of three grown stepchildren, companion and friend. She mentors writers and writes and publishes fiction. Her first mystery, Mad Max Unintended Consequences, was published in February 2013. The second in the series, Uncharted Territory, A Mad Max Mystery, came out in April 2015. In her spare time, she is the president of the state-wide Virginia Writers Club. She loves riding behind her husband on his motorcycle. You’ll have to decide for yourself if and where she has a tattoo.

July 11, 2009

My fellow Lake Writer, Sally Roseveare, is publishing her second Smith Mountain Lake Mystery next week!!! I was at her house two weeks ago when the last proof copy came in. Imagine two mature (all right, immature) women fairly dancing around her living room.

The book, SECRETS AT SWEETWATER COVE, is fantastic. It includes the same characters as her first book, SECRETS AT SPAWNING RUN. For those of us who live at Smith Mountain Lake, it’s like a tour of local places with a whole lot of mystery and danger thrown in. Aurora Harris, the protagonist of the first book, once again has to solve a mystery and save innocent people. But she doesn’t do it alone. She has King, her resourceful black Lab, and Little Guy, a neighbor’s intrepid Jack Russell terrier, to help.

If you are looking for something wonderful to read on the dock this summer, I strongly recommend both. I was honored to read the advanced copy and will definitely be at Sally’s first public reading.

Again, shameless promotion. Buy the book. You’ll get hooked on the characters.

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4 Comments

  1. Sally Roseveare

    Betsy, thanks a million for your blog about Secrets at Sweetwater Cove! And I'm so glad I had someone to be excited with me when my book arrived!

  2. Becky Mushko

    Sally's new book really is something to shout about.

  3. Clementine

    O.k. this is the second shout out about this book that I've read today, and I WANT TO READ IT! I've heard it's wonderful.

  4. Kerrie

    Dance away! Finishing and publishing a book is a great accomplishment and should be celebrated. Congratulations Sally.