I love the South. I’m Southern by birth and appreciate the food, the people, the history, the literature, and all most (LOL) of the idiosyncrasies that come with being Southern.

So when I was approached about writing yet another Southern love story—this time a novella—I said, “Where and when?”

And writing with author friends Shelley Shepard Gray, Dorothy Love, and Elizabeth Musser only made the experience sweeter. Fabulous women all, and I so enjoyed working with them on these stories in Among the Fair Magnolias.

To celebrate the release this month, we made a video sharing how we each came to write our story, and in it we each reveal at least two #LittleKnownAuthorFacts that you may (or may not) know about each of us.

HINT: Get ready, those of you who think you know Ms. Dorothy Love. I’m just sayin’…

And now, a giveaway! But this giveaway is a little different.

I’m giving away two books, but one is a print edition and the other is an MP3. Feel free to state which version you’re interested in winning. [If you don’t state a choice, you’ll be entered to win either.]

How do you enter to win?

1) Simply leave a comment on this blog post by midnight central, Tuesday, July 28, sharing one of the #LittleKnownAuthorFacts you didn’t know about one of the authors, and why you chose that fact (do you have something in common with them perhaps?).

2) To earn two extra chances to win, SHARE the video above on either your Facebook page, blog, in a tweet, or on Pinterest, and include the URL (where you shared it) in your comment as well, then your name will be added to the hat twice more (for a total of three times).

Tell me, are you Southern by birth? Or maybe by transplant? What do you love most about the South? Or if you don’t love anything about it, well then… Bless your heart and have a nice day!

Tamera