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“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“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“A winner of a first novel, filled with Southern-style zingers and funny folks.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)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 whom the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls, “…the kind of steel magnolias who would make Scarlett O’Hara envious.”Related subjects include: book club recommendations, women’s friendship and sisterhood, rom com, chick lit romantic comedy, funny romance, Southern humor, women's fiction.Books in the Bottom Dollar Chick Lit Series:BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR (#1)A DOLLAR SHORT (#2)DOLLAR DAZE (#3) May 2015Part of the Henery Press Chick Lit Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all...