Today if is my pleasure to kick of the Where the Wild Flowers Grow tour!  Vera Jane Cook enthralled use with her book The Story of Sassy Sweetwater back in July.  You can read my 5 star review here.

 About Where the Wild Flowers Grow:

 Publisher: Musa Publishing (March 8, 2013)
Genres: Womens Fiction, Southern Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
Tour Dates: January, 2013
Available in: ebook only 312 pages

Sexual confusion and dysfunction cause the unravelling of the perfect American family in small town Georgia in 1960.
Rose Cassidy’s fantasy life is a haunting reminder that she’s living a lie. So when she has the opportunity to act on those fantasies, she dives in without any thought to consequences.
Rose’s husband, Ryan, has fantasies of his own, and his actions cause unimaginable pain to the very children he tries so hard to protect.
When the happiness each member of the Cassidy family seeks so desperately to find is shattered by shame, guilt, and ultimately murder, they must each face the truth that lies deep within their souls.
My Thoughts:
 It’s the 1960’s south and the Cassidy family seems like the perfect southern family to all the town folks who live in the same town. They seem to have it all and are well respected. Ryan Cassidy is a doctor with two beautiful children and a wife.  He is considered to be a pillar of the community.  However, what may seem perfect on the outside, has many secrets on the inside and little by little this perfect family starts to unravel and their secrets seem to be coming to the surface.
Where the Wild Flowers Grows has it all.  An unravelling family, secrets, and even murder.  Or is it murder?  You will have to decide.  This book is for adults only and only for those who aren’t bothers by sexual scenes, including a lesbian sex scene.  To me sex is natural so I think it is natural for it to be included in books and movies.

This book is well written and flows well.  The characters are well drawn out and the household in the south with the wild flowers are a big part of the story.  The only thing missing for me is that it seemed like it could have taken place anywhere in 1960’s United States, not just the south.  The south played such a large role in The Story of Sassy Sweetwater, but it took a back seat to this book.  Other than the sense of place not being well drawn out, everything else was, including plot.  Vera Jane Cook wrote another hit.  I can hardly wait to read more!

4.5/5
I was sent this ebook for my honest opinion.
About Vera Jane Cook:

Vera Jane Cook, writer of Award Winning Women’s Fiction, is the author of The Story of Sassy Sweetwater, Lies a River Deep, Where the Wildflowers Grow, Dancing Backward in Paradise and Annabel Horton, Lost Witch of Salem.
Jane, as she is known to family and friends, was born in New York City and grew up amid the eccentricity of her southern and glamorous mother on the Upper West and Upper East Side of Manhattan.
An only child, Jane turned to reading novels at an early age and was deeply influenced by an eclectic group of authors. Some of her favorite authors today are Nelson DeMille, Calib Carr, Wally Lamb, Anne Rice, Sue Monk Kidd, Anita Shreve, Jodi Picoult, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. Her favorite novels are too long to list but include The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Cheri and The Last of Cheri, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Wuthering Heights, Look at Me, Dogs of Babel, The Bluest Eye, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Body Surfing, Lolita, The Brothers Karamazov, She’s Come Undone, Tale of Two Cities, etc., etc., etc.,
The Story of Sassy Sweetwater, Vera’s second published southern novel, was a finalist for the ForeWord Book of the Year Award for 2012! The novel also won the Eric Hoffer Award for 2012 – Honorable Mention Best ebook Fiction! Vera’s first published southern novel, Dancing Backward in Paradise, won the Indie Excellence Award for notable new fiction in 2007 and the Eric Hoffer Award for publishing excellence, also in 2007. Both books earned five star ForeWord Clarion reviews!
The author works by day for an education publishing company as an account manager and lives on the Upper West side of Manhattan with her long term partner, her Pomeranian, Daisy, her Basenji/Chihuahua mix, Roxie, her Chihuahua, Peanut and her two pussy cats, Sassy and Sweetie Pie.
Vera Jane Cook’s Website: http://www.verajanecook.com/

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Buy Where the Wildflowers Grow:
Thanks to Vera Jane Cook, I am giving away one ebook copy of Where the Wildflowers Grow.  Please use Rafflcopter to enter.
Follow The Tour:
So Many Precious Books Jan 20 Review & Giveaway
Joy Story Jan 21 Review & Giveaway
From Isi Jan 22 Review & Giveaway
Carole Rae’s Ramblings Jan 23 Review
Romance & Inspiration Jan 24 Review
Romance & Inspiration Jan 27 Interview
Wall to Wall Books Jan 28 Review & Giveaway
Back Porch Reservations Feb 3
Clue Review Feb 5 Review
I Feel So Unnecessary Feb 10 Review
Indie Reviews Behind the Scenes Mar 29 12 pm cst Interview- Live on Blog Talk Radio

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