If Rhett wrote it, I read it. Ditch Weed will be released on June 15. I won’t be first in line because I need plenty of beauty sleep and/or time to sleep off the moonshine or Scotch I drank the night before for medical purposes. But, I can worry about that line later by pre-ordering from Twisted Road Publications here.

From the Publisher

“Eighteen-year-old Danae Gray hasn’t seen her older sister in eleven years. But there she is, just across the street, in this small North Florida town where Danae has only just arrived. Has fate finally brought them back together? Is it really even her?

“Mevlyn Jenson, the feisty octogenarian owner of the Wash-Away Laundromat, can see Danae is lost, alone, and troubled. But Mevlyn needs help as much as Danae does, and the two quickly form an alliance. In exchange for room, board, and Mevlyn’s freely bestowed advice, Danae begins to help Mevlyn care for her terminally ill husband.

“As Danae unravels the tragic secret surrounding her older sister’s disappearance, and Mevlyn comes to terms with the losses in her own life, Danae and Mevlyn create a new heart family, filled with love and renewed hope.”

“Ditch Weed” usually refers to wild marijuana. You’ll have to read the book to see whether Rhett is using the term literally or figuratively.

About the Author

” Rhett DeVane is the author of seven published mainstream fiction novels, two coauthored novels, short stories, flash fiction, middle-grade chapter books, and poetry. Her short fiction pieces have appeared in five anthologies. She has won numerous awards for her fiction from the Tallahassee Writers Association, Florida Authors and Publishers Association, and the Florida Writers Association.

“For the past forty-plus years, Rhett has made her home in Tallahassee, located in Florida’s Big Bend area, where she splits her time between writing and thinking about writing. She is currently working on the next novel in line, as well as a series of middle-grade and young-adult fiction because her muses refuse to contain her in a single box.”

–Malcolm