Reading Between the Wines Book Club visits Amelia Island -left to right members are: Katharine
Symons, Debby Hays, Lynn Holmes, De An Winton, Susan Hawkins, Susan
Grossberg, Sue Munn, Jane Crews, author Jane Marie Malcolm
A recent foray by the Ponte Vedra, Florida Reading Between the Wines Book Club brought eight of its ten members to Amelia Island, Florida to meet author Jane Marie Malcolm. A Google search for local authors by the ten-year-old club resulted in Malcolm's Goodbye Lie historical romance series, with the tagline, where Little House on the Prairie meets Gone With The Wind. Set on Amelia Island in the late 1800s, the primary genre they sought was historical fiction.
"Our meeting place had to be changed last minute," said Malcolm, "and The Crab Trap at 31 North 2nd Street in our historic downtown could not have been more accommodating. On a busy Saturday at noon, they placed us in a second floor private area where we lunched on local seafood while discussing the novels and the island's history. Built in 1876, the restaurant's original brick walls surrounded us and we went so far as to count the number of horizontal rows between brick courses. We love history and everything about it."
After three-plus hours and the exchange of a chocolate-filled hand painted glass from the book club to Malcolm, and her gifts to each of them, a list to tasteful Romantic Remedies and a Sugar and Spice Nuts recipe, a treat served at the fictional Fort Clinch Christmas Dance in The Goodbye Lie, a walking tour ensued. The author pointed out buildings on Centre Street and side streets that play a part in the series. Amidst fond farewells, Malcolm pronounced each of her new friends was now a Goodbye Lie-R.
The Goodbye Lie Trilogy is available in e-book and paperback at book sources everywhere. For more information, visit Jane Marie Malcolm's blog at www.GraciousJaneMarie.com or www.GraciousJaneMarie.blogspot.com. 
For signed copies, contact the author at graciousjanemarie@yahoo.com.
