I recently read Valerie Fraser Luesse’s book Under the Bayou Moon and spoke to her on my podcast. If you haven’t heard that episode, you can listen to it here.

It’s a wonderful book. Valerie writes for Southern Living Magazine, and her love for the South shines through in the book. That’s why I chose it to be this month’s giveaway.

Here’s a little bit about Valerie’s book:

Restless with the familiarity of her Alabama home, Ellie Fields accepts a teaching job in a tiny Louisiana town deep in bayou country. Though rightfully suspicious of outsiders, who have threatened both their language and their culture, most of the people in tiny Bernadette, Louisiana, come to appreciate the young and idealistic schoolteacher as a boon to the town. She’s soon teaching just about everyone–and coming up against opposition from both the school board and a politician with ulterior motives.

Acclimating to a whole new world, Ellie meets a lonely but intriguing Cajun fisherman named Raphe who introduces her to the legendary white alligator that haunts these waters. Raphe and Ellie have barely found their way to each other when a huge bounty is offered for the elusive gator, bringing about a shocking turn of events that will test their love and their will to right a terrible wrong.

A master of the Southern novel, Valerie Fraser Luesse invites you to enter the sultry swamps of Louisiana in a story that illuminates the struggle for the heart and soul of the bayou.

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Contest Guidelines:

The Rafflecopter winner must have a U.S. address.

The prize is a copy of Under the Bayou Moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse.

The contest ends at [11:59] PM CDT on Saturday, September 18, 2021.

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