Beach Trip

“Break out the tissues, sunblock and margarita mix as four old friends reunite after 23 years for a beach party in Holton’s feast of Southern friendship.”

- Publishers Weekly

Mel, Sara, Annie, and Lola have traveled distinct and diverse paths since the early 1980s and their years together at a small Southern liberal arts college. Mel, a mystery writer living in New York, contends with the aftermath of two failed marriages and a stalled writing career. Sara, an Atlanta attorney, struggles with guilt over her son’s illness and her own slowly unraveling marriage. Annie, a successful Nashville businesswoman married to her childhood sweetheart, can’t seem to leave the regrets of her youth behind her. And Lola, sweet-tempered and absent-minded, whiles away her hours and her husband’s money, on little pills that keep her happy.    Read more

 
Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes


“Holton has a lively, fluid style that shifts easily among the viewpoints’
of several characters and goes down as easily as sweet tea.”

-The Boston Globe

“Three 40-something women married to partners at an Ithaca, Ga., law firm
form a First Wives Club south of the Mason-Dixon line in Holton’s
slapstick revenge tale with serious undertones.”

- Publishers Weekly

Three 40-something women married to partners in a small-town Southern law firm wreak havoc in the lives of their cheating husbands in this light, likable debut. Read more.  
Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes

“Holton’s headstrong heroines deliver homespun wisdom and hearty
laughs in this uproarious sequel.”

-Booklist

“Sharp, witty, and warm.”
-Entertainment Weekly

It’s been more than a year since the Kudzu Debutantes exacted sweet, merciless revenge on their cheating husbands, but the repercussions are still palpable throughout Ithaca, Georgia. Nita is anxiously preparing herself for marriage to a man thirteen years her junior; Lavonne, despite having dropped her husband – and eighty pounds – and launched her own business, longs for love; and while Eadie remains married to Trevor, she feels more neglected than ever. Read more.

 
 
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