Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter by Lisa Patton

Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter by Lisa Patton

Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter is the hilarious and heartwarming fish-out-of-water story of a Southern belle who swaps sunny Tennessee for a quaint Vermont inn--only to find herself stranded, snowbound, and forced to rebuild her life.

Leelee Satterfield seemed to have it all: a gorgeous husband, two adorable daughters, and deep roots in Memphis, Tennessee. So when her husband decides to uproot the family to run a Vermont inn, Leelee is devastated. But having loved Baker since the tenth grade, she indulges his dream--persuaded by glossy photos of autumn leaves and smiling kids in ski suits. How hard could it really be?

Leelee discovers fast that there is a truckload of things nobody tells you about Vermont until you live there, from mud season and vampire flies to ice sheets careening off roofs. The inn itself has a mysterious odor, tacky décor, and a staff of peculiar Vermonters managed by Helga--a stern German woman who takes special delight in bullying Leelee for her Southern gentility. To make matters worse, when her ancient Yorkie passes away on New Year's Eve, Leelee hits one more Yankee roadblock: frozen ground means no winter burials.

When an unexpected tragedy leaves Leelee alone with an inn to run, a mortgage to pay, and two daughters to raise, this Southern belle refuses to be run out of town. Drawing on an inner grit she never knew she had, Leelee sets out to turn around the inn, her attitude, and her life--discovering along the way that warmth, friendship, and romance can bloom in even the coldest climates.

LISA PATTON spent over twenty years in the music industry before discovering her passion for novel writing. A breast cancer survivor, Lisa is now the bestselling author of WHISTLIN' DIXIE IN A NOR'EASTER and YANKEE DOODLE DIXIE. Both novels have been featured on the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Bestseller List and in 2010 Lisa was selected by Target as an Emerging Author. SOUTHERN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE is the third and final book in what Library Journal calls, the beloved Dixie series. Lisa's fourth novel, RUSH, set inside a fictional sorority house at Ole Miss, provides not only a gaze inside the most exclusive sorority Recruitment in the country, but at the lives of both the sisters and the all African American staff.
Born and raised in Memphis, Lisa spent time as a Vermont innkeeper until three sub-zero winters sent her speeding back down South. The proud mother of two sons and a little Havanese pooch named Rosie, she and her husband live in Nashville, Tennessee.