From award-winning author James Villas comes a warm, witty and
poignant story of passion, friendship, and family set against the
lush, mellow backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Ella Dubose is a Southern lady of a certain age --- an age at
which memories of youth can rush in at every turn and overwhelm the
present. But while Ella’s two younger children are concerned
for her health and want to limit her independence, Ella ---
elegant, unconventional, and unrepentantly willful --- has very
different ideas. And she’s not about to be controlled by
anyone, not when there are tasks she needs to complete and loose
ends that must be tied.

The first step is to leave her family and take a road trip back
to the places where key chapters of her life unfolded. Myrtle Beach
has been overrun by theme restaurants and ocean-front condos, but
the Priscilla is still the charming, shingled inn Ella remembers
from visits long ago. At the Priscilla, Ella and her companion,
Goldie, sip cocktails on the porch and dine on she-crab soup and
fried oysters while awaiting the arrival of Ella’s oldest
son, Tyler, now a successful writer in New York. And there, too,
Ella meets a dashing, attentive gentleman who will help her finally
face her ghosts and determine which of the secrets she has carried
for so long must be shared, and which are better left untold.

With its unforgettable and instantly loveable heroine and
evocative portrayal of Southern life --- past and present ---
DANCING IN THE LOWCOUNTRY is a beguiling, beautifully rendered
novel about the places and people that stay with us, the courage it
takes to live in the present, and the endless ways life can
surprise us, over and over again.

DANCING IN THE LOWCOUNTRY © Copyright 2010 by James Villas.
Reprinted with permission by Kensington. All rights reserved.