'Winning Bet' at the Old Firehouse
March 16, 2010
, the novel exploring 15-year-old Emma Duncan’s struggle to win, solve a mystery, find romance, and save her horse from a slaughterhouse threat, hit the shelves of independent, locally-owned Old Firehouse Books last week.
If you’ve never been to the Old Firehouse, you should go, if just for the experience. The store is literally, in an old fire house. Think red brick facade, contrasting masonry details, large, sunny front window, lots of gleaming wood, shelves up past your head, all the best-seller-new books, a ton of used books, AND books by local authors!
Add to that mix, the open, double-wide entrance into the tea house next door, where you can buy gourmet loose tea or sit down for a cuppa-and-a-snack with a good read. I stopped by on Sunday and the place was packed! You can find Winning Bet on the local author’s shelf, about mid-way toward the back of the store. (Click here for excerpt.) Winning Bet is discounted to retailers through The Ingram Book Group.
Winning Bet's baby-kissing horse
Winning Bet first copy goes for $100