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Betty Jo's newest novel is WINNING CHANCE, a romantic comedy released by Whiskey Creek Press in April, 2007. To read more about this and her other books, plus learning more about this author and her writing process, she would like to invite you to read her interview now up at Romance at Heart.

Love in a Small Town was one of three fiction finalists in the Indiana State Library's recent Best Books of Indiana 2007 contest, which is held in conjunction with the Center of the Book, Library of Congress.

"Against the backdrop of a tender love story, the author depicts a realistic commentary of a small town in the Midwest, struggling to maintain its identity. An Illinois representation of small town Indiana at its best. The Hoosier author introduces you to real people, who can become good friends. This romance warms the heart and leaves you wanting more." (Best Books of Indiana 2007 -- Fiction Judges)

Betty Jo's newest romance, Love in a Small Town, has been nominated for the Reviewer's Choice Award from Ecataromance!

Love in a Small Town is available from Hard Shell Word Factory in e-formats and also in trade paperback, paired with another of Betty Jo's novels, Finding Mr. Romantic, as Double Delight #28.

MEET THE AUTHOR

Tuesday, January 9, 2007, Betty Jo was on hand to meet readers and autograph copies of her books at All Booked Up in La Plaza Grande.

Her most recent release, DOUBLE DELIGHT 28, a trade paperback published by Hard Shell Word Factory, offers two full-length romance novels, LOVE IN A SMALL TOWN and FINDING MR. ROMANTIC. She also signed copies of MALE WANTED, GRACIE'S HOLIDAY HERO, and her anti-bullying books for young people--BULLY BRIGADE and B-FORCE. All Booked Up is located at 1126 Bichara Boulevard in The Villages in central Florida.