WHEN YOU DANCE WITH THE DEVIL by Gwynne Forster

The Thank the Lord Boarding House sits on the Atlantic coast in Maryland. It is owned by Fannie Johnson and home to an assortment of interesting characters who treat one another like family. For 35 years, Sara Jolene Tilman grew up under the cruelty of her grandmother and mother in Hagerstown, Maryland. After her mother's death, Fannie's brother, Reverend Philip Coles, suggests Jolene sell her home and move to the boardinghouse. At 45, Richard Peterson is a successful executive of a governmental agency and living in Switzerland. He is denouncing his globe-trotting lifestyle and escaping his heartbreak after a former lover announces her wedding. He returns to the States to live near the ocean and moves into the boardinghouse. Jolene attempts to overcome her low self-esteem by getting a job, dating, and finding a female friend. Richard works on overcoming his snobbish demeanor and pledges abstinence. On their paths to self-discovery, Jolene and Richard vow to make fresh starts and learn some hard truths about family, love, and themselves.

Gwynne Forster is national best-selling and award-winning author of four books of general mainstream fiction, seventeen romance novels and five novellas. Gwynne holds bachelors and masters degrees in sociology and a master's degree in economics/demography. Gwynne sings on her church choir, loves to entertain, is a gourmet cook and avid gardener. She lives with her husband in New York City.

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