Local Author Brings Book Two of Georgia Gold Series to Lawrenceville

Following closely on the success of Sautee Shadows, Book One of The Georgia
Gold Series, Canterbury House Publishing and Watkinsville author Denise Weimer
announce the release of the second novel in the series, The Gray Divide. Weimer will sign copies of the novel and chat with
customers at Books-A-Million from 1- 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 5.

In the halycon days of the 1850s, Georgia's coastal elite find a
retreat in the foothills of Habersham County, where half-Cherokee Mahala
Franklin goes nose to nose with arrogant rival hotel owner Jack Randall. Well
aware she's not of his class - as her Cherokee friend Clay Fraser jealously
reminds her - Mahala can't ignore her attraction to the Savannah shipping
entrepreneur any better than she can the clues about her father's murder and
missing gold left to her in his strongbox. Especially when her unlikely
friendship with socialite Carolyn Calhoun constantly thrusts her into Jack's
circle! Carolyn's life of privilege might seem a lark to Mahala, but Carolyn is
expected to overcome her awkward personality and make a brilliant match between
two very different men, rice planter Devereaux Rousseau and his minister
brother Dylan. Can she even be sure of the love of the one she chooses, or will
she merely be a prize?

Hidden loyalties are exposed and relationships threatened as Georgia
seeks to become its own republic, only to be plunged into civil war. Faced with
taking over his family's shipping firm, Jack must choose between his Northern
convictions and his Southern family, while Devereaux tests himself and his feelings
for Carolyn on the battlefields of Virginia.

Of the type of reader who would
enjoy her novels, Denise Weimer says, “While
I’d imagine the typical reader would be an adult female with an interest in
history, I’ve included enough business and military action to lure men, and kept
it clean enough for teenagers, who might have a special interest in book one
where the main characters are coming to maturity.”

Denise Weimer is a native resident of Georgia. She earned her
journalism degree with a minor in history from Asbury University. She is the
author of romantic novella Redeeming
Grace, and her magazine articles about Northeast Georgia have appeared in
numerous regional publications. Weimer is also a wife, mother of two daughters,
and a life-long living historian. She resided in Habersham County for ten years
before her husband’s job took the family to Watkinsville.

The attractive cover designs for the series will continue to feature
paintings by acclaimed Georgia artist, John Kollock, whose family letters and
diaries were consulted in research. For those who missed the release of book
one, copies of Sautee Shadows will
also be available at Books-A-Million. For more information on the signing
event, contact the store located at 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway at (678) 847-5115.

The Gray Divide: Book Two of the Georgia Gold
Series is available
nationally in bookstores and online retailers as of September 1, 2013. Canterbury
House Publishing, ISBN: 978-0-9881897-2-0,
trade soft cover, $15.95. For more information about The Georgia Gold Series
visit: http://deniseweimerbooks.webs.com.