In this first book in the Sandy Reid Mystery Series, an almost-too-clever young law student in Philadelphia gets a life-or-death call from her estranged brother who just moved to Florida--she tells him to go to hell. She doesn't need this. She's holding an old grudge and resents having her life in Philadelphia interrupted. The brother doesn't come looking for trouble, he simply wants to get past his Philadelphia divorce and start a new life in Florida, but woman-trouble comes looking for him.

Unfortunately, he arrives in the small Florida ocean side town just as someone murders the local gubernatorial candidate. The brother doesn't have a clue about women and gets seduced and framed. He hasn't bothered with his estranged sister up north for years but now, as a stranger in a hostile town, she's his only hope. She reluctantly decides to at least check out her brother's predicament. This small step leads the audacious sister into an ever-increasing entanglement of deceit, double-cross, and danger, as she can't leave well-enough alone and goes after the real killer in this fast-paced mystery.

The first book in the Sandy Reid mystery series. THE PRICE OF CANDY is the second book in this fast-paced series with the sassy protagonist and amateur sleuth. The third book in the series is SUCH WICKED FRIENDS.

Carolina Rain
by
Nancy B. Brewer

Open the page of Carolina Rain and step on the streets of an era gone by. Carolina Rain is not just a read, but an experience. You will smell the magnolia trees, feel the sun on your face and taste the bittersweet tears of a beautiful young girl coming of age at the dawning of the Civil War.

Brewer weaves an intriguing narrative with beautifully drawn characters and a breath-taking plot that keeps you guessing right up to the end. Historically packed with facts, details and stories filled with emotion of the people during "The War Between the States."

Theodosia Elizabeth Sanders, "Lizzie" was born October 6, 1842. Her open heart is filled with hope and a desire to love, but her innocence makes her a target for the less than trustworthy. Yet underneath the layers of lace and petticoats, you will discover Lizzie to be a strong-willed and determined young woman.

The entire novel flows like poetry as the author unwinds her captivating story. From the moment, you read the first page you are drawn into the world of Carolina Rain. The soft lyrical wordplay masterfully sculpted phrases and delicious romantic scenes stay with the reader long after they put the book down.

The sequel will be released in June of 2011! "Beyond Sandy Ridge"
We sincerely hope you will enjoy Carolina Rain and recommend it to others. Please feel free to leave your reviews. Here is what others are saying about Carolina Rain.

Reviews:
Few debut novels make as remarkable impression as Carolina Rain. I highly recommend this book as one of the most entertaining historical fiction novels I have read in a long time. Nancy B. Brewer is an author to watch and I expect even greater works by her to come.
U.D. Roberts, Senior Editor/ Brentwood Publishers.

Author Nancy B. Brewer's love and knowledge of the time period shines throughout in this novel. Whether it be her accurate research, her blend of history and fiction, or her intricate details, readers can tell this novel was a labor of love for Brewer. The novel offers a likable heroine in Lizzie. Readers will passionately follow and root for Lizzie throughout the novel.
Kayla Posney, Historical-Fiction-Examiner, for Pittsburgh, Washington Post and Tampa Bay News.

Carolina Rain, an American historical fiction novel by Nancy B. Brewer shows the Civil War through the eyes of an impressionable young woman with hopes for the future. Love and tragedy fill the pages of "Carolina Rain" along with a wonderful heroine and a perfect blend of history and fiction.
World News book review: 2/08/2011

I started reading Carolina Rain and could not put it down until I finished. Love this book, Lizzie is my hero!
D. Sides, North Carolina

The characters and descriptions are so real, I felt like I was truly there. I can’t wait for the sequel.
M. Warden. Va.

I felt a strange connection with Lizzie the moment I opened the book. Excellent read.
E. Baraba, RI

I can’t believe the research and details in this book, all wrapped up in an exciting story.
I am a schoolteacher and I recommend this book to all my students.
J. Ross, SC

The author’s beautiful spirit spills out on every page, I truly feel like I am better person after reading Carolina Rain. I am a Nancy B. Brewer fan and I cannot wait to read more of her books.
RD Smith, TX

If you want a wonderful book about the truth Southern history, this is it.
K. Polland, TN.

Carolina Rain
by
Nancy B. Brewer

Open the page of Carolina Rain and step on the streets of an era gone by. Carolina Rain is not just a read, but an experience. You will smell the magnolia trees, feel the sun on your face and taste the bittersweet tears of a beautiful young girl coming of age at the dawning of the Civil War.

Brewer weaves an intriguing narrative with beautifully drawn characters and a breath-taking plot that keeps you guessing right up to the end. Historically packed with facts, details and stories filled with emotion of the people during "The War Between the States."

Theodosia Elizabeth Sanders, "Lizzie" was born October 6, 1842. Her open heart is filled with hope and a desire to love, but her innocence makes her a target for the less than trustworthy. Yet underneath the layers of lace and petticoats, you will discover Lizzie to be a strong-willed and determined young woman.

The entire novel flows like poetry as the author unwinds her captivating story. From the moment, you read the first page you are drawn into the world of Carolina Rain. The soft lyrical wordplay masterfully sculpted phrases and delicious romantic scenes stay with the reader long after they put the book down.

The sequel will be released in June of 2011! "Beyond Sandy Ridge"
We sincerely hope you will enjoy Carolina Rain and recommend it to others. Please feel free to leave your reviews. Here is what others are saying about Carolina Rain.

Reviews:
Few debut novels make as remarkable impression as Carolina Rain. I highly recommend this book as one of the most entertaining historical fiction novels I have read in a long time. Nancy B. Brewer is an author to watch and I expect even greater works by her to come.
U.D. Roberts, Senior Editor/ Brentwood Publishers.

Author Nancy B. Brewer's love and knowledge of the time period shines throughout in this novel. Whether it be her accurate research, her blend of history and fiction, or her intricate details, readers can tell this novel was a labor of love for Brewer. The novel offers a likable heroine in Lizzie. Readers will passionately follow and root for Lizzie throughout the novel.
Kayla Posney, Historical-Fiction-Examiner, for Pittsburgh, Washington Post and Tampa Bay News.

Carolina Rain, an American historical fiction novel by Nancy B. Brewer shows the Civil War through the eyes of an impressionable young woman with hopes for the future. Love and tragedy fill the pages of "Carolina Rain" along with a wonderful heroine and a perfect blend of history and fiction.
World News book review: 2/08/2011

I started reading Carolina Rain and could not put it down until I finished. Love this book, Lizzie is my hero!
D. Sides, North Carolina

The characters and descriptions are so real, I felt like I was truly there. I can’t wait for the sequel.
M. Warden. Va.

I felt a strange connection with Lizzie the moment I opened the book. Excellent read.
E. Baraba, RI

I can’t believe the research and details in this book, all wrapped up in an exciting story.
I am a schoolteacher and I recommend this book to all my students.
J. Ross, SC

The author’s beautiful spirit spills out on every page, I truly feel like I am better person after reading Carolina Rain. I am a Nancy B. Brewer fan and I cannot wait to read more of her books.
RD Smith, TX

If you want a wonderful book about the truth Southern history, this is it.
K. Polland, TN.

When Sandy Reid learns the police have closed the case of an abused body found on the beach after finding no usable evidence and no suspects, she feels compelled to discover the identity of the woman, expose what actually happened on that secluded beach that night, and find the perpetrator.

The almost-too-clever young law student must confront the prominent Congressman who gave the beautiful hitchhiker a ride to Florida, and avoid becoming the second victim while she unscrambles a related child kidnapping that the mother won't report, and clears herself of a murder charge that threatens to destroy her dream of becoming a lawyer.

Along the way, she discovers she has fallen victim to a sensuous passion of her own. This fast-paced murder mystery is the sequel to One Deadly Sister and the second in the mystery series with Sandy Reid the audacious protagonist and amateur sleuth. The third book in the series is Such Wicked Friends.

In the third of this exciting new series, Sandy Reid runs into a problem of the dead kind and soon the police want her to butt out, the State Attorney wants her disbarred, and the killer wants her dead. Not the best situation for a brand new lawyer who's trying to live down a reputation for being sassy and reckless.

Fresh from passing the Florida bar exam she stumbles over a potential client--shot between the eyes. Sandy believes the murdered woman is asking her to find the killer. How else to explain the mysterious spot of blood Sandy later discovers on her own hand? That drop of blood changes everything.

Sandy begins a personal vendetta to find the killer. Her new law partner, Martin, joins in to help, and although he has a more intimate relationship in mind, he's not the one she becomes interested in along the way. In any case, she doesn't intend to stray from her hunky detective lover--or does she? Then, a friend in Martin's group kills himself--or was it a second murder cleverly disguised as suicide? Now with two people dead, she is certain that with all the deceiving and lusting going on, someone in the group of friends is guilty.

Our feisty heroine can't resist meddling in both cases, and pursues the murderer with all the subtlety of a pit bull. She'd rather follow the killer than follow the rules and is arrested at the very start when she steps outside the law. Nothing will stop her pursuit, but now she must also clear herself and save her law license. She faces a blank wall until Martin reminds her to follow the sex or the money to solve all mysteries--she isn't aware that he knows quite a bit about both. In turn, she has a vital secret that she dares not share with him.

Unraveling the exciting plot leads her into even greater danger as she uncovers a larger motive and is drawn into an intrigue that stretches out to national ramifications. With vengeance on her mind, guilt and innocence are up for grabs and she decides to hand out her own brand of justice. At the last moment, she discovers her gutsy scheme to entrap the killer is more dangerous than expected and must play out exactly right for her to get out alive. The third book in this fast-paced mystery series.

• Nancy B. Brewer, Carolina Rain
• Civil War history in North Carolina 1864
• Historical Fiction
• War Between the States
• Southern Women

Popular historical fiction author, Nancy B. Brewer does it again with her exciting new release "Beyond Sandy Ridge."

Follow Lizzie from the pages of "Carolina Rain: to the fields of North Carolina. Find out if her secret past will be forever buried in the sandy soil of Charleston or will it follow her...

"Beyond Sandy Ridge"
As The War Between the States closes in, Lizzie flees her home in Charleston, South Carolina leaving behind her hopes and dreams.

She finds a new home, where finery and social graces will buy nothing, not even friends. To the people of Stanly, County North Carolina, Lizzie is a familiar story. She is just another young widow with a babe in her arms.

"Beyond Sandy Ridge," is one woman's journey of survival, a collection of her most intimate desires and her passion for a man named Joel.

Many of those she loved are forever silent. It was for their sake, she found the courage to tell her story.


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Once again the author’s soft southern style shines through from page one. Brewer is the master of weaving historically accurate stories filled with intriguing characters and thrilling plots. The book covers the last year of the Civil War and beyond. This book has it all, mystery and romance. A wonderful story and a fine read which will be sure to appeal to all. Poetic quotes and lines that stay with you long after you put the book down. Perhaps "Beyond Sandy Ridge," is even more exciting than her last novel, "Carolina Rain." Hats off to Brewer!

No immortal in the history of baseball retired so young, so well, or so completely as Sandy Koufax. After compiling a remarkable record from 1962 to 1966 that saw him lead the National League in ERA all five years, win three Cy Young awards, and pitch four no-hitters including a perfect game, Koufax essentially disappeared. Save for his induction into the Hall of Fame and occasional appearances at the Dodgers training camp, Koufax has remained unavailable, unassailable, and unsullied, in the process becoming much more than just the best pitcher of his generation. He is the Jewish boy from Brooklyn, who refused to pitch the opening game of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur, defining himself as a man who placed faith over fame. This act made him the standard to which Jewish parents still hold their children. Except for his autobiography (published in 1966), Koufax has resolutely avoided talking about himself. But through sheer doggedness that even Koufax came to marvel at, Jane Leavy was able to gain his trust to the point where they talked regularly over the three years Leavy reported her book. With Koufax′s blessing, Leavy interviewed nearly every one of his former teammates, opponents, and friends, and emerged with a portrait of the artist that is as thorough and stylish as was his command on the pitching mound.

A woman doesn't find a near-naked man lying on the road every night, and especially not one who looks as good as this one. With a bump on his head and unable to remember much, he definitely needs her help.

Sandy already has her own problems – a failing ranch, hands leaving, and a note about to be called in by the bank. But she can't leave the poor man injured and unclothed.

Will taking him home prove to be a bad decision on her part? Or could he be her answer to a prayer?

A woman doesn't find a near-naked man lying on the road every night, and especially not one who looks as good as this one. With a bump on his head and unable to remember much, he definitely needs her help.

Sandy already has her own problems – a failing ranch, hands leaving, and a note about to be called in by the bank. But she can't leave the poor man injured and unclothed.

Will taking him home prove to be a bad decision on her part? Or could he be her answer to a prayer?

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