Connie Brockway’s SKINNY-DIPPING arrives in stores TODAY!
Dear Friend,
SKINNY-DIPPING officially arrives on your bookstore’s shelves today! Instead subtly (or, in my case, not-so-subtly) trying to entice you to get you interested in picking up a copy of my latest book, I’m going to let the reviewers do my work for you. But first, in other news, I’ll be guest author online at at RomanceNovel TV on January 10th and 11th (http://wwwromancenovel.tv/forum/viewforum.php?f=76 ) and also the online guest author at Barnes and Noble’s Romance Bookclub on January 22rd (http://www.bn.com/romance) Should you be in the neighborhood, I’ll be reading an excerpt from SKINNY-DIPPING and talking about it at the Eden Prairie Public Library on Thursday, February 21 at 7:00 p.m. and would love to see some friendly faces there. And now, on to the good stuff…
THE LIBRARY JOUNAL GIVES SKINNY-DIPPING A STARRED REVIEW!
Brockway, Connie. Skinny Dipping. Onyx: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2008. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-451-41244-7. pap. $7.99. CONTEMPORARY
Noted primarily for her award-winning historicals, Brockway (Hot Dish) continues her successful foray into the contemporary market with this funny and quirky yet poignantly touching story that takes an obligation-averse, second-sighted heroine with an unstructured, chaotic life, pairs her with an analytical, orderly hero with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and adds a cast of delightfully offbeat characters. From the cute meet (the heroine is naked, dripping with weeds, muck, and twigs after skinny-dipping; our hero is impeccably dressed) to the satisfying conclusion, this heartwarming tale sparkles with humor and love as an extended family finally discovers the real importance of their shared lakeside vacation home. An exquisitely rendered setting, an abundance of complex family dynamics, a story that explores what it means to belong, and a beautifully developed romantic relationship guarantee the appeal of this well-crafted tale for both romance and women’s fiction fans alike. Brockway, who lives in Edina, MN, has penned another winner.
BOOK PAGES RAVES…
ROMANCE FOR GROWNUPS
There are few romance writers with the clear-sighted wit and warmth of Connie Brockway, a talent she showcases beautifully in Skinny Dipping (Onyx, $7.99, 432 pp, 978-0-451-41244-7). Mimi Olson has dedicated her life to never getting too invested in anything, which includes people, animals, career paths, and families. She does have a regrettable fondness for a family compound on a marsh lake in Minnesota, and is not entirely happy that the family wants to sell the place, but even that can’t rouse the unrousable Mimi. That task is given to a geeky neighbor who has built an eyesore of a McMansion on the lakefront (named painfully for a house in The Lord of the Rings), thus ruining the view and helping drive up local real estate prices. But something happened to Mimi a year or so ago, and she seems to be sneaking up on a reckoning with herself and her past, and maybe she might even get to the point that she wants to make something of herself. None of this has anything to do with Joe Tierney, a germaphobic, GQ ad of a business man who is as driven as Mimi is laid back. Throw in two sets of relatives, eccentrics both old and young, and a pack of dogs, and you’ve got a rollicking, page turner of a romance about two people at midlife ready—or not—to makes some changes for love. Funny, piercing, and highly readable.
Please do pick up a copy of SKINNY-DIPPING next time you’re out and about. Then let me know how you like it.
As always, my very best,
Connie Brockway
