I wasn’t looking for another review and, honestly, I cringe every time I load the Amazon page for Dacie Mae: Midnight Under the Magnolia. Every time, I’m waiting for that inevitable scathing review. Happily, we’re still sitting at seven, unsolicited five-star reviews. How do people manage to get solicited reviews, anyway? Short of paying for them?
Last month I went to Amazon to get my link and there was a new review. It was so unexpectedly wonderful, I actually started crying. Dacie Mae is my best work yet. It took six years (on and off) to overhaul it and seamlessly add 30,000 words. Mind you, I’ve had two more sons in the past six years. This rewrite was no easy thing. So, to see someone take of their time to not only read my work but to leave such a wonderful, thoughtful review, really touched me. It also happens that on that same day, I was once again telling myself I was awful and not very good at storytelling anyway. Readers, reviewers, you have no idea how important your words are to us who are struggling to bring stories alive for you. Thanks to all of you who take the time to leave thoughtful, constructive reviews. (Please note: this is the last weekend Dacie Mae will be available on Kindle Unlimited.)
“So Unexpected
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2021
It isn’t often that I will forgo sleeping to stay up late and then wake up early to finish a book that I just could not stop thinking about. I had to know how it ended, it wouldn’t let me rest until I did.
Everything about Dacie Mae captured my attention from the very first few chapters and pretty much insisted that I do nothing but read it (or think about it) from that time forward. It haunted me when I wasn’t reading it and left me finding any little bit of lag in time to pick it back up and sneak just one more page. I devoured it as fast as I possibly could and thought for sure once I finished it, I would be satisfied and would be able to go on with my day. And while the ending did leave me satisfied, I was far from thinking about it.
I am STILL thinking about it.
About Hank. About Henry, about Dacie Mae. I want more and I don’t think my poor brain will rest until I get it.
I love a good mystery that will keep me guessing. I love good characters that stay with you long after their story is over. And I love writing that flows smoothly right off the pages and into your very heart. I got all of these in Dacie Mae. I loved her wit, her southern sass and the town that promises to hold so many more adventures to come. I truly can not wait for more. Ms. Wright is definitely an author I will be keeping an eye on. It’s been a long time since I have been this excited about a good indie mystery writer.”
The story picks up right where we left off…in 2010. I’d tell you more but it would all be spoilers for any potential new readers. The one thing I can tell you is that when I wrote some of the von Strassenbergs into Dacie Mae: Midnight Under the Magnolia, it was just for fun but now those characters have become a major plot point in The Devil’s Children. I don’t have a release date yet and won’t really have an idea of when until the first draft is complete. Right now we’re at 14,000 words and 90,000 is my goal.
Gwenn Wright 