Hey, lovelies! It gives me
great pleasure today to host Jax Frey and her new book, “The Gumbeaux
Sistahs”! For other stops on her
Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of
the images in this post.
Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win either a
$25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card or a Print Copy of the featured book!! That’s right – there will be TWO lucky
winners!! Also, come back daily to
interact with Jax and to increase your chances of winning!
Thanks for stopping by!
Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!
Please note that the giveaway prize of the print copy of the
featured book is only available to US residents. Sorry INTL – but you are still qualified to
win the $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card.
The Gumbeaux Sistahs
by Jax Frey
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GENRE: Fiction Humor/Women's Lit
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BLURB:
Five
Southern women wage a hilarious war against the ageism problems of one of their
deep-in-trouble sisters using their improbable friendships, evil-genius
schemes, oh-so-numerous cocktails, and a shared passion for good gumbo.
When
southern artist, Judith Lafferty, loses her long-time, prestigious museum job
to a much younger man, she finds herself devastated, alone in her sixties, and
on the brink of financial disaster. Enter the incomparable Gumbeaux Sistahs,
who deliver day-old coffee to her front door as a ploy, then go on to kidnap
her, feed her excellent gumbo, and come up with outrageous solutions to her
problems. Their motives are just good excuses to drink wine, have a great time,
argue over whose mother makes the best gumbo, and, most of all, help a sister
out. Ageism, dangerous boyfriends, deep loneliness, and any other challenges
that can face the over fifty crowd don't stand a chance against these five
resourceful ladies. The Gumbeaux Sistahs is a heart-warming, smart story of
friendship and unexpected shenanigans that you do not want to miss.
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EXCERPT TWO:
At
3 p.m., she found herself in the living room, feet-up on the coffee table,
sweaty, dirty and exhausted. Then the doorbell rang. In her mind she could hear
her kids saying to her, “Don’t kill whoever it is, Mom, it’s probably just the
mail lady delivering the mail as she does every day. You need the mail, Mom.
Please don’t hurt the nice lady.”
She
chuckled in spite of herself, and went to greet the mail lady, who had seen
Judith looking this bad a time or two before from doing chores around the
house. So Judith was not worried about her appearance when she swung open the
front door. Before she could get it completely open, a hand carrying a coffee
cup appeared around the corner, and came dangerously close to poking her in the
eye.
“Hello,
dear,” came a cheerful voice from the other side of the door. “You forgot your
coffee yesterday, so we decided to bring it to you.”
Judith
peered around the coffee cup and the door, and was completely shocked to find
the four women from the coffee house yesterday, standing on her front steps.
Stunned, she sputtered, “What the . . . ?”
“Special
delivery!” yelled Lola, with a huge grin on her freckled face.
“You followed me home?” said a stunned Judith,
in shock and embarrassment over her appearance. She did not want to be rude,
but this was above and beyond weird. She thought, “Have they been stalking me?
That’s so creepy!” She deeply regretted opening the door.
“Don’t
be ridiculous,” said Dawn sarcastically, checking her phone as she talked. “Nobody
has time for stalking anymore. Now we just follow people around. That’s
different, right?”
“What?”
thought Judith. She found herself wondering who the heck these women really
were. They looked harmless enough, but she was suddenly filled with doubt, and
a little bit of fear.
Helen
gave Dawn an exasperated look and explained, “Don’t mind her, Judith. She’s
teasing. We didn’t follow you. We know where you live. Lola lives right across
the street, remember?”
Lola
added with a smirk, “Don’t tell me you forgot that already.”
“No,
I didn’t — sorry.” Judith took hold of the cup, and was surprised to find that
it was cold and kind of used-looking. A thought occurred to her and she asked,
astonished, “Wait — is this actually the same coffee from yesterday?”
“Yes,
dear,” said Bea, smiling brightly, “We took good care of it for you.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
Born
in New Orleans, Jax Frey came
into this world, whooping and hollering, with a sense of love and celebration
of Louisiana culture, food, family and fun.
Translating that celebration into her writing and onto canvas is her
true calling. Her colorful art depicts
everything-Louisiana from her dancing Gumbeaux Sistahs paintings to her popular
line of original Mini paintings. Because
over 25,000 of the mini paintings have been created and sold into art
collections worldwide, Jax holds a world’s record for The Most Original Acrylic
Paintings on Canvas by One Artist.
Jax
is also the co-founder of the Women of Infinite Possibilities, an empowering
women’s organization started in Covington, LA, where Jax lives today with her
loveable, tornado-of-a-pug named Lucy. The Gumbeaux Sistahs is her debut novel.
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CONNECT WITH JAX:
Jax’s Super Cute & Photogenic Pug, Lucy
PCs – IG @jaxfrey
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Email:
jaxfreyart@gmail.com
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PC – IG @jaxfrey
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Jax will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N GC to a
randomly drawn winner and will award a second randomly drawn winner a print
copy of the book (US only) via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Jax ~ Good morning! Welcome to FAB! It is so great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeletePS ~ Your furbaby, Lucy is sooooo adorable!!! :)
Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteAwesome cover :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing love the cover!
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