Bet Your Bottom Dollar

WARM AND WITTY, A FEAST FOR THE HEART ... "Use your very last bottom dollar, if you have to. Just BUY THIS BOOK. You will laugh yourself sick and love every minute of it." - Jill Conner Browne, The Sweet Potato Queen Welcome to the Bottom Dollar Emporium in Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, where everything from coconut mallow cookies to Clabber Girl Baking Powder costs a dollar but the coffee and gossip are free. For the Bottom Dollar gals, work time is sisterhood time. When news gets out that a corporate dollar store is coming to town, the women are thrown into a tizzy, hoping to save their beloved store as well their friendships. Meanwhile the manager is canoodling with the town's wealthiest bachelor and their romance unearths some startling family secrets. The first in a series, Bet Your Bottom Dollar serves up a heaping portion of small town Southern life and introduces readers to a cast of eccentric characters. Pull up a wicker chair, set out a tall glass of Cheer Wine, and immerse yourself in the adventures of a group of women who the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls, "...the kind of steel magnolias who would make Scarlett O'Hara envious." Praise for BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR: "In a first novel that is guaranteed to please Fannie Flagg and Bailey White fans, Gillespie introduces the Bottom Dollar Girls with a flair for timing and a cheeky Southern turn of phrase...Brace for a wild ride chock-full of Southern wit and downhome advice from a clutch of quirky characters you will hope to see again soon." - Booklist "A winner of a first novel, filled with Southern-style zingers and funny folks." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "The characters are the kind of steel magnolias who would make Scarlett O'Hara envious." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Laugh out loud...this perfect summer read [will] find permanent beach-house residence." - Richmond Times-Dispatch "What a delight! Bet Your Bottom Dollar is warm and witty, a feast for the heart." - Jennifer Chiaverini, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Elm Creek Quilts Novels "This laugh-out-loud tale serves up Southern-fried humor with a spicy 'Steel Magnolia' kick... One would be hard-pressed to find any flaws in this carefully crafted work that reads as if your best friend was giving you the low-down on the latest gossip." - Savannah Morning News Books in the Bottom Dollar Southern Fiction Series: BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR (#1) A DOLLAR SHORT (#2) February 2015 DOLLAR DAZE (#3) May 2015 Part of the Henery Press Chick Lit Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all... Author Bio: Karin Gillespie is national bestselling author of five novels and a humor columnist for Augusta Magazine. Her nonfiction writing had been in the New York Times, The Writer Magazine and Romantic Times. She maintains a website and blog at Karingillespie.net. Sign up for her newsletter on her website, follow her on Twitter or connect with her on Facebook.