I am helping a friend get the word out about a new novel with a great name on a topic that might be of interest to the OTBKB, Brooklyn Reading Works and Edgy Moms audience, as well as others. I am setting up a blog tour for this book if anyone wants to review and/or interview the author.

In Betty’s (Little Basement) Garden, novelist Laurel Dewey introduces a dynamic heroine—58-year-old Betty Craven, former beauty queen and recent widow, the epitome of elegance and propriety—who gets involved in the controversy over medical marijuana, in shocking, convention-defying, emotionally complicated, and life-transforming ways.

Driven by memorable, colorful characters and packed with intrigue, humor, romantic tension, and enlightening facts about the healing properties of cannabis, the novel gently raises awareness of a timely subject matter while drawing readers into the story of a woman who gradually comes to question her long-held beliefs and principles, let down her facade, and rediscover her true and amazing self.

I won’t say anymore but  Betty’s (Little Basement) Garden takes a sharp turn for the unexpected…

Interestingly, the author is best known for her gritty crime thriller series featuring Denver homicide detective Jane Perry (Protector, 2007; Redemption, 2009; and Revelations, 2011).

But hey, Park Slope Food Coop members, she’s written two books on plant medicine, along with ten booklets and hundreds of articles on alternative health. She lives with her husband in rural Colorado