HAPPY RELEASE DAY! I am delighted to welcome Liz Johnson to the blog today to chat about her new book A Glitter of Gold, the second book in the Georgia Coast Romance series!
Liz Johnson is the author of more than a dozen novels, including A Sparkle of Silver, The Red Door Inn, Where Two Hearts Meet, and On Love’s Gentle Shore, as well as a New York Times bestselling novella and a handful of short stories. She makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona. She hasn’t discovered a pirate treasure—yet.
You can connect with Liz on her website, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter.
A GLITTER OF GOLD
SERIES: Georgia Coast Romance #2
GENRE: Inspirational Contemporary Romance
PUBLISHER: Revell
RELEASE DATE: August 6, 2019
PAGES: 368
Anne Norris moved to Savannah, Georgia, for a fresh start. Now her pirate-tour business is flagging, and paying the rent requires more than wishful thinking. When she discovers evidence of a shipwreck off the coast of Tybee Island, she knows it could be just the boon she needs to stay afloat. She takes her findings to local museum director Carter Hale for confirmation, but she runs after a disastrous first meeting.
Carter has been searching for the location of the wreck detailed in the worn pages of an 18th-century diary, the discovery of which could open the door to his dream job at a prestigious museum. But convincing Anne to help him fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle is no easy task. And working with Carter means that Anne will have to do the one thing she swore she’d never do again: trust a man.
Finding a monetary backer and sticking with a search that’s turning up nothing will take all their dedication–and every secret they’ve tried to hide. If they can find the lost ship, they may discover a treasure worth more than all the pirate gold in the world–love.
Hi Liz! Welcome to the blog!
Liz: Apples
Carrie: Yum! (I am currently burning a Macintosh apple candle from Yankee Candles and i am so ready for fall!)
Liz: Winter in Arizona, Summer nearly everywhere else
Carrie: you lost me at ‘summer’ 😉
Liz: Hallmark Channel forever!
Carrie: Yay! Me too! (I am currently also watching one of the 80s/90s Perry Mason TV movies on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as I type this up)
Liz: Neither. Diet Dr. Pepper
Carrie: Oooo mixing it up a bit – i like!
Q: Around here I like to say that reading is my superpower. If YOU had a superpower, what would it be?
Liz: My real life superpower is eating hamburgers. All the hamburgers. With lots of cheese.
Carrie: hahahaha that can be filed under ‘answer i least expected’ LOL
Q: Other than the Bible, what are five of your most cherished books?
Liz: I read The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare as a child, and it struck something in me, a love for books and romance. I have several copies at home including the one that I stole from my mom’s bookshelf all those years ago. The spine is falling apart and the pages are yellowed, and it’s still my dearest book. I also have a cloth cover edition of it from 1961, which my best friend gave me.
When I was fifteen and on a summer mission trip to Guatemala, every night our team leader read aloud a chapter of No Wonder They Call Him the Savior by Max Lucado. At the end of the summer she randomly selected one of the girls on the team to take the book home with them, dogeared pages and all. And she picked me! That was the start of my Max Lucado library. At the time I could never have guessed that fifteen years later I’d have the chance to work on Max’s team, which I did for six years. That book was the start of something amazing in my life.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows made me fall in love with a new format—epistolary novels. And The Princess Bride by William Goldman will always hold a special place on my shelf.
And I’m going to cheat on the last one and claim the entire Appomattox Saga by Gilbert Morris. I read this series when I was in junior high, and it inspired me to write my first book when I was twelve and a lot more of them after that.
Carrie: Oh i love these choices! yes!
Q: If I sneaked a peek in your purse right now (which I would never do, I promise!), what would it tell me about you?
Liz: That I am terribly disorganized sometimes, I hang onto napkins and tissues until they’re shreds, and I generally carry around every bit of my life in my make-shift suitcase.
Carrie: hahahaha! We are kindred purse spirits.
Q: Were there any songs that inspired you as you wrote A Glitter of Gold?
Liz: I listened to Brandon Heath’s Blue Mountain album on repeat as I wrote this book. His lyrics inspired me as I wrote of the Southern tradition of storytelling in Savannah.
Carrie: I love that comparison!
Q: If Hollywood wanted to produce A Glitter of Gold as a movie, who would you want to be cast as the lead roles?
Liz: I have four main characters in this story. Anne Norris is a pirate tour guide in Savannah in love with history and trying to forget her past, and I pictured her much like Lily Collins. Carter Hale III is a maritime museum director trying to break his family’s legacy, and I think he looks like Jeremy Jordan. From the pages of an old diary, Rebecca Jones looks like Emma Watson with short curly hair—hidden beneath the guise of a cabin boy aboard a merchant ship. And that ship’s captain is Samuel Thackery, who is a little bit Chris Hemsworth-y.
Carrie: Tell me more about this Chris Hemsworth-y captain 😉
Q: What is one of your favorite quotes from A Glitter of Gold & why do you love it?
Liz: “She’d been so worried about keeping people out of her business that she’d missed out on having people in her life.”
I loved writing Anne’s story. She’s filled with regret and shame over a past she fears can never be forgiven and spends most of her time trying to keep people from knowing the truth. But when she meets Carter, she begins to wonder if she’s missing out on relationships for the sake of secrecy. Is that worth it? I loved wrestling with that question and helping her discover her own answer.
Carrie: oooo i love that quote!
Thank you so much for taking time to talk with me! 🙂 Before we say goodbye for today, tell us what‘s coming up next for you.
Liz: Right now I’m working on the third book in the Georgia Coast Romance series—releasing summer of 2020. We’re headed back to Savannah as two best friends’ hunt for a lost treasure from the Civil War brings to light more than forgotten history and threatens the future of their friendship forever.
Carrie: eep! yay!
Liz Johnson is offering a print copy of A Glitter of Gold to one of my readers! (US only) This giveaway is subject to Reading Is My SuperPower’s giveaway policies which can be found here. Enter via the Rafflecopter form below.
What about you? What interests you most about A Glitter of Gold and/or this post?
This sounds like a great book. I haven’t started this series yet but it is on my radar. I think that Savannah is a lovely old city-great for the setting of a book. I loved Eugenia Price’s Savannah series.
I have loved Liz Johnson’s other books and this one sounds great also – can’t wait to read it!!!!
A Glitter of Gold sounds like a fascinating read. Thank you
What interesting about this book is the beautiful cover.
Thank you for the interview! Interesting book choices 🙂
I also have a yellowed, not-great-condition copy of The Witch of Blackbird Pond that I stole from my mother. It is still one of my favorites, even as short as it is. I will take Nat Eaton over Mr Darcy or Mr Rochester any day.
i don’t get the Mr. Rochester fascination any more than I get the fascination with Mr. Darcy lol
Rachael, I think we’re kindred spirits! Nat Eaton was my first (and still best) literary crush!
Love, Love, Love this book!
This book sounds great!
I also read The Witch of Blackbird Pond as a child and loved that book! I’ve never forgotten it! Looking forward to reading your book!
I enjoyed the first book in this series and her Red Door Inn books.
Ahoy, Liz and Carrie! A pirate-tour business sounds so fun. I’m looking forward to reading A Glitter of Gold.
I loved the Red Door Inn series, and the first book in this series, so I definitely want a copy of this book!
I’m reading this book now! It’s fantastic! I love Liz’s books, and I also love Dr. Pepper!
Thanks for the fun interview, Carrie and Liz! Hugs to you both!
HUGS, my BFFFC!
Would enjoy reading this book!
Oooo a pirate’s treasure! That sounds interesting!! I’d love to read this story. And I think I’m gonna have to go back and read the first in the series. Sounds great!
the first one is fabulous!
A pirate tour business does sound intriguing! This topic is definitely different and I like that!
right? I thought so too!
A captivating and fascinating novel which I would enjoy.
I really enjoyed Liz’s Prince Edward Island Dreams series, and am looking forward to reading her newest.
I’ve read Liz Johnsons other books and look forward to reading this one.
Sounds great. Great cover.
The book sounds great. Thank you for the interview and the shout out for The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
Best wishes on the new publication.
Sounds really great.
What interests me the most about this book? Besides the fact that the main character shares my last name? Lol! I just finished reading the first two books of the Prince Edward Island Dreams series just a couple of weeks ago (my first introduction to Liz’s books) and loved them!! I can’t wait to read more of her books.
yes!!
The romance is what most appeals to me!
What interest me is the pirate angle and th3 diary with possible clues!