Jencey's Writer's Corner

Last summer I had the honor of reading the Queen Bee by Dorothea Benton Frank.   Do I consider this book a beach read? Yes, it is.   It is also the last book that Dorothea Benton Frank will ever share with the public. I also had an opportunity to meet her once. She passed away last summer and was at the top of my list   when came to thinking of my favorite writers that publish during this beach read season.   A patron where I work highly recommended this one. Beekeeper Holly McNee Jensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivans Island, tending her hives and working at the local island library. Holly calls her mother The Queen Bee because she’s a demanding hulk of a woman. Her mother, a devoted hypochondriac, might be unaware that she’s quite ill but that doesn’t stop her from tormenting Holly. To escape the drama, Holly’s sister Leslie married and moved away, wanting little to do with island life. Holly’s escape is to submerge herself in the lives of th...

When I think of Summer I think of all the places I would like to go.   My dream trips would be to visit Europe more specifically London England, Paris France, and Venice Italy.    I of course would want to take friends with me and visit these sites.   In All SummerLong by Dorothea Benton Frank Nick and Olivia are granted this opportunity through one of Olivia’s clients.   Is this opportunity everything they would hope? Dorothea Benton Frank: Facebook  Twitter    Pinterest Synopsis:   All Summer Long follows one charming New York couple – prominent interior designer Olivia Ritchie and her husband Nicholas Seymour, an English professor and true southern gentleman.   They are seemingly polar opposites, yet magnetically drawn together and in love for more than fourteen years. As they prepare to relocate to Charleston, S.C., Olivia, the ultimate New Yorker, has reservations about the promise she made to retire in ...

Today we are taking a trip to Sullivan’s Island. Dorothea Benton Frank will present her story.  But where did it begin? Let’s meet the family who resides in the Island Gamble.  She is also a big breast cancer awareness supporter. Synopsis: Susan is late for a meeting when she realizes that she has left a chart at the house for her presentation.  She quickly drives back to pick it up only to make a discovery.  Susan hears noises coming from the master bedroom.  She opens the door to find her husband in bed with another woman.  Susan and her husband Tom separate and she tries to put her life back together with their daughter Beth.  There is one aspect of life where questions still creep up.  What happened the night her daddy was murdered?   Will she be able to put the pieces together and find peace?  What other surprises could possibly be in store for Susan and her family? My Thoughts: I loved this novel!  ...

Dorothea Benton Frank shares a holiday novella with us.   This novella takes place at Christmas time in Charleston South Carolina.   You are invited for a down home low country Christmas. Did you ever wish that a special person could come and help you celebrate Christmas?   Synopsis: Theodora’s family has been for generations in one house.   The grandparents, parents and children all lived together for years.   This was how Christmas in the family was celebrated until the present.   Her children still live with her at the house, but her grandchildren are elsewhere in Charleston and Atlanta Georgia. Will they find their way home for Christmas?   The night before Christmas eve the chef who normally takes care of the family has to leave on a family emergency.   Who will take care of them over the holiday?   Enter Pearl who comes to clean up the mess that Theodora in her family, is here to the set things to right?   Can Pear...

I had the honor of meeting Dorothea Benton Frank at Barnes and Noble Buckhead in Atlanta Georgia.   She is currently on tour for the Hurricane Sisters, and shared with us a little about the story in her new novel.   She also assured us that it is very funny!   I very much enjoyed the last novel I read by her so I am sure that this one will be a treat.   One cause that is close to her heart is the domestic violence.   Dorothea was conducting a search one day on the internet.   There is a top ten list of states in the United States that are bad for handling domestic violence cases.   She found out that South Carolina leads the nation in being the worst for handling domestic abuse cases.   For each city that Dorothea visits on her tour for the Hurricane Sisters is being donated to shelters for women in domestic violence situations.   This novel will surely give a welcomed break to the reality of these women who go through on a...