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I’m coming home to prove something.....to my city, my mother and myself.

It is a place known to most as Savannah, it is a place known to me as home. I wish I could tell you it was my love for this city that precipitated my return. But I did not return out of a mere longing for home. I returned because I have something to prove to home. I am Savannah.....from Savannah

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“smart and witty.”

--Library Journal

"y’all are gonna love it!"

— christianbook.com

“A stellar debut from a first-time novelist. Hildreth crams the pages with laugh-out-loud humor, showing that people aren’t always what they seem-which can be a very good thing indeed.”

--Romantic Times

“Every once in a while you read a story that makes you want to throw open your door and race down the street, waving the book wildly in the air while shouting, ‘You must read this!’ at the top of your lungs. Savannah from Savannah is just such a book.”

--Focus-on-Fiction

"A Laugh out Loud Page Turner."

— Focus on Fiction

"My book club will eat this up with a spoon."

— Kathy Patrick-Founder of Pulpwood Queens Book Club

"You become so involved that you want to absorb every morsel."

— Lynette Cole Miss USA 2000

"An engaging read of real-life vignettes and relationships. I read it cover to cover. As Savannah discovers her beliefs, values and passions, the reader will be looking into their own ‘mirror of truth.’"

— Naomi Judd

How Savannah from Savannah was written

People ask me all the time how Savannah from Savannah actually came to be a book. It really is nothing short of a fiction story in and of itself. I had written for other people for years. Eight years if we’re being honest. But one day I felt like I had something of my own to write. That “something” received thirteen rejection letters. That was when I quit counting. Who knows how many it actually received that my agent was merciful enough not to send to me. The book I had written entitled The Passage was a non-fiction book. Truth be told I had never written fiction a day before in my life!

But one day, wondering if I would ever have anything of my own published, I was sitting on my back porch, drinking a coca-cola and thought, “You know. I know three things. I know crazy people. I know the south. And I know a thing or two about rigged beauty pageants. Why not combine the three and see what happens.” And that day, sitting on my back porch in Franklin, Tennessee a fiction book was born.

Originally I made the setting my hometown in South Carolina. Then, I figured someone might think I had written about them and decide to sue me. So, I decided to write about a southern town I had only traveled to once, Savannah. I knew if I wrote about a city I wasn’t familiar with it would force me to take nothing for granted. I would learn its culture. It’s idiosyncrasies. It’s soul. So, once the setting was decided I thought, “Ooh, what if I named the lead character Savannah. And what if everyone went around calling her ‘Savannah from Savannah.’” And that’s how Savannah from Savannah became the title.

Fortunately this time I received two offers and no written rejections. How’s that for a turn of events. And three years after I began, I walked in a Borders and saw it sitting on a shelf. I cried. The day I saw it in Sam’s club, I was just plain giddy. And the first day a stranger sent me a note and told me they had read it I was certain my mother had bribed a perfect stranger.

And everyday, I’m continually amazed that somewhere in my head lives a girl named Savannah.

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Seeing my mother as the lead story on the six o’clock news was no great cause for alarm...until the camera revealed her chained to a downtown monument!

I thought I knew my mother-but right now I’m not sure I even know myself. I’m currently a journalist for the Savannah Chronicle. And I don’t need drama. Really, I can create my own. Who needs extra? But in spite of the mind-boggling events in Savannah this week, the truth is going to be revealed by one of its very own. I am Savannah....from Savannah.

"highly entertaining."

— Faithfulreader.com

"Savannah from Savannah and Savannah Comes Undone have become the standards by which I judge all other chick lit novels, and I have yet to find any that compare."

— Focus on Fiction

"Pick up Savannah Comes undone for a fun read that won’t disappoint. I’m looking forward to reading more from this talented author."

— Dancing Word

"Well crafted looks at quirky Southerners."

— Lifeway.com

“Savannah’s even more dazed and confused in this witty, wise and demented sequel. The exaggerated mother-daughter interplay reveals a universal truth for moms and their girls everywhere.”

--Romantic Times

"Author Denise Hildreth’s sophomore novel, like the proverbial Southern lady, glows."

— Homelife

"Savannah is a new kind of spirited Southern belle. And Hildreth’s smart, quirky wit is positively addicting. I’m hooked’"

— Colleen Coble, author of Distant Echoes

"Hildreth has approached a topic containing as much controversy as you’ll find today with grace and wit. A reminder that at the heart of any issue, is the heart itself."

— Michael Reagan, author of Twice Adopted

"Fans of Savannah from Savannah will rejoice to see this hilarious heroine back in another laugh-out-loud romantic adventure."

-christianbook.com

How Savannah Comes Undone was written

Savannah Comes Undone was really birthed out of a desire to see what Victoria Phillips would do for an entire book chained to the Ten Commandments. It had nothing to do with the controversy as much as it had to do with all the things I could write about. As it unfolded however, I began to discover that the book wasn’t really about the actual monument as much as it was the about the lives of the people that surrounded it. How they lived. How passionate they were over issues of morality. How fiercely each of us believes in something.

This was a much easier book to write. The first book had allowed me to establish place and people to such a degree that book two allowed me to focus more on the actual interaction of the characters. If I’m being completely honest, I believe Undone is a stronger body of work. There was something in the two new characters of Joy and Faith that caused me to go to places that were unfamiliar and challenging. And they forced me to places of grace and understanding that seeing another’s perspective will cause. By the time I was through I was trying to figure out how Savannah could see them again.

However, coming up with a title was a nightmare. I originally wanted it to be called Ten. My editor wanted to keep the name Savannah in it, so the title could be defining the city as much as the girl. She offered Savannah comes Undone. I didn’t like it. I came up with multiple ones. Savannah’s Summer Storm. Savannah: Too close to crazy. None of them worked. But the day I saw the cover, I then fell in love with the title. It all fit perfect.

I also discovered that you, the reader, wanted to see more “love.” You didn’t think there was enough romance in book one. Well, I’m not sure if you’ll think book two has enough either, but I hope that by the time you close the book you will have discovered a little about yourself. I did in writing it, I can assure you.

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First, I had to lie to my boss. (Sort of.)
Then my parents had a fight. (They never fight.)
The pint-sized lapdog that is treated better than I am has thrown up. ( Twice.)
And my mother’s six-foot-tall beauty-queen protégé won’t stop sniveling—
and she takes up half the back seat.
This vacation hasn’t even started . . . and I’m ready to go home.

I knew better. I really did. No one in her right mind would actually choose to spend a week at the beach with a steel-Magnolia drama queen, a tragically disappointed diva-in-training, and a yapping, hurling, supremely annoying little canine princess. But I love Seaside, so I came. And was actually having fun until I ran into the gorgeous, exasperating Joshua North . . . and watched my good sense slide rapidly south. Which goes to show that even with a tan and (maybe) a new man in my life—I’m still the same old Savannah . . . from Savannah.

"a skillfully crafted story that will have you laughing till you cry one minute and taking a closer look at your own heart the next."

— Lifeway.com

"Denise Hildreth is one of my favorite writers. She writes with more Southern wit and comedy than should be legal. I can’t read her books on a plane for fear of drawing too much attention to myself. Between the lines, Denise’s stories speak life, they remind me that loss happens for a reason, and that laughter is good for the soul because it breeds hope.”

— Charles Martin, author of Where the River Ends

"You’ll savor Denise Hildreth’s Southern voice and humor. Savannah is a strong-willed and funny character."

— Michael Morris, author of A Slow Way Home

"Savannah is both charming and shrewd, and the boisterous cast of Southern characters with whom she must contend is in rare and authentic form."

— Beth Webb Hart, author of Grace at Low Tide

"Denise Hildreth has quickly become one of my favorite authors. I love her amazing wit, her comedic timing, her style…she’s got the whole package."

— Rene Gutteridge , author of My Life as a Doormat

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Rose Fletcher's come a long way from her South Carolina up-bringing of Sunday church and Mamaw's fried chicken. As a high-powered child advocate in Washington, DC, Rose has put her Southern upbringing behind her. But the peace and happiness she sought has eluded her. With her marriage on teh brink of disaster, her mind races with the chaos her life has become.

But now Rose must head South for home-a place where the mother she headed north to escape still resides.

She'll face her demons, relive her coming-of-age, and confront the issues that kept her away all these years. It'll take the intervention of strangers and a painful miracle of grace to help her find that place called "home" once again.

"...a spiritual odyssey of inner reckoning..."

—Southern Living

"Beautifully portrays how looking back thoughtfully has the potential to powerfully transform one’s future."

— The Library Journal Andy Andrews, New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Traveler’s Gift

"Flies on the Butter is a savory Southern living, topped off with a dash of spiritual grit. Readers will enjoy this story which is more like a tentative and tenderhearted journey into a soul."

— inthelibraryrevivews.net

"An engaging and worthwhile reading experience."

— Christian Book Previews

"Denise Hildreth portrays southern life with a deft touch reminiscent of Harper Lee all her books are definitely on my ‘must have’ list.”

— BuddyHollywood.com in Flies on the Butter review

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Let the Clash of the Wills Begin!

Charleston blue blood Clayton Wilcott “got religion” late in life; so late, it turns out his kids never took to it. So, he's left a provisional will delivered in a highly unorthodox way.

Now they're going to have to honor Daddy's commandments from beyond the grave-for a full year- or be cut off from their substantial inheritances.

The scent of wisteria lingers in the air as the four spoiled Wilcotts battle for their birthright. Told in Denise Hildreth's trademark blend of humor and heart, this Southern tale is about learning to love, learning to live, and learning to bend.

"Full of heart, humor and memorable characters. You won’t be able to put it down. "

— Karin Gillespie, author of Bet Your Bottom Dollar

"A unique page turner about the beauty of a placed called Wisteria, the wild landscape of the human heart, and how sometimes it’s only the miracle of a human touch that can lead someone home again.."

— River Jordan, author of The Messenger of Magnolia Street

"An engaging and worthwhile reading experience."

— Christian Book Previews

"In a word: WOW! the Will of Wisteria was an incredible read. this was a book that captivated me and I didn’t want to put it down nor was I ready for it to end. One of the best novels I’ve read!"

— Followfaithfully.com