Bet Your Bottom Dollar
A Bottom Dollar Girls Novel

Name: Bet Your Bottom Dollar
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Karin Gillespie
ISBN: 9781481564113

Author: Karin Gillespie

Series: Bottom Dollar Series #1

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Welcome to the Bottom Dollar Emporium of Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, where everything from coconut mallow cookies to Clabber Girl Baking Powder costs only a dollar, and coffee and gossip are free. For Elizabeth, Mavis, and Attalee, the Bottom Dollar Girls, logging nine to five at the Bottom Dollar is not just work time, it’s family time. So when news gets out that the Super Saver Dollar Store chain plans to run the Bottom Dollar out of town, things go cattywampus. Manager Elizabeth heads up a crew of dedicated do-gooders bent on saving the Bottom Dollar from the fate of spare change. But when her unlikely new love interest, who also happens to be Cayboo Creek’s wealthiest bachelor, pitches woo, out come some startling revelations about her past that turn life more than a little interesting for all her friends and neighbors.

About Karin Gillespie

Karin Gillespie is the nationally bestselling author of five novels. She has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Writer Magazine. She has an MFA from Converse College and lives in Augusta, Georgia. She writes a book column for the Augusta Chronicle, and a humor column for the Augusta magazine.

About Carrington MacDuffie

Carrington MacDuffie is a voice actor and recording artist who has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has been a frequent finalist for the Audie Award, including for her original audiobook, Many Things Invisible. Alongside her narration work, she has released a new album of original songs, Only an Angel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ronna on November 10, 2014

I got this book free from Firstreads. This is my honest review. What a cute book! I was definitely in the mood for something lighthearted and this book, full of southern charm and wit, was just perfect to float my boat. Sisterhood, a bit of romance, mixed with some mystery, and huge belly laughs, the......more

Goodreads review by Jane on September 26, 2010

Pleasant story about nice people in the South, but not recommended. Based on other reviewers, I was hoping for romantic comedy, but got neither. I didn't laugh or chuckle. I wasn't surprised or delighted. The relationship that developed did not draw me in enough emotionally to be able to categorize t......more

Goodreads review by Deedee on November 14, 2011

Conflict: p. 51 “This is about huge companies coming here with their corporate backing and their big bank accounts and knocking aside the little guys.” Gentle small town humor. Some chapter headings: “If you don’t like my driving, stay off the sidewalk.” “Don’t give up. Moses was once a basket case.” “Ch......more

Goodreads review by Laura on January 05, 2015

A fun sweet book about a group of ladies who work at a Bottom Dollar bargain store in a small southern town. Has a little romance and a little mystery, lots of friendship and laughs. Going to read the other books in the series.......more

Goodreads review by Larissa on September 28, 2015

Really enjoyed this sassy, Southern series from Karin Gillespie. I feel that I know this small town and the women in it. A really sweet romance with a suspenseful twist!......more

Quotes

“The characters are the kind of steel magnolias who would make Scarlett O’Hara envious.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Laugh out loud…This perfect summer read [will] find permanent beach-house residence.” Richmond Times-Dispatch

“This heartwarming story will make you feel that you’ve made new friends and found a new neighborhood to visit. Carrington MacDuffie’s charming and sweet Southern drawl adds to the hominess and appeal of each character…The only problem with this audiobook is that it ends too soon!” AudioFile

“Romance in strange packages is only one of the many surprises in this charming Cinderella story about a feisty ‘princess’ who fights dragons (big business) and wins hearts. Brace for a wild ride chock-full of southern wit and down-home advice from a clutch of quirky characters you will hope to see again soon.” Booklist