Enticing New Release

Sarah Jio will debut in the writing world with The Violets of March!  Amazon had it listed to release April 26th and is available for pre-order!  Sarah can be found as one of the newest debutante on The Debutante Ball, a blog which follows 5 new debutante's each year!  I absolutely love reading her post and I am excited to review her novel!  In addition to her debut and her ball, Sarah has welcomed her 3rd child into the world! Colby, her adorable baby boy, was born February 3rd and shares a birthday with one of my most favorite people!  You can visit her site to see a picture of her newest addition! Sarah Jio

About the Book:

A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author.

In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket to happily ever after.

Ten years later, the tide has turned on Emily's good fortune. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea. Researching her next book, Emily discovers a red velvet diary, dated 1943, whose contents reveal startling connections to her own life.

About the Author:

Sarah Jio is a veteran magazine writer and the health and fitness blogger for Glamour magazine, a role she’s had for nearly three years. In addition, she is a women’s health contributor to Womansday.com, the web site of Woman’s Day magazine. She has written hundreds of articles for national magazines and top newspapers including Redbook, O, The Oprah Magazine, Cooking Light, Glamour, SELF, Real Simple, Fitness, Marie Claire, Hallmark magazine, Seventeen, The Nest, Health, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, The Seattle Times, Parents, Parenting, and Kiwi. In addition, Sarah is a monthly columnist for American Baby. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Sarah has a degree in journalism and writes about topics that include food, nutrition, health, entertaining, travel, diet/weight loss, beauty, fitness, shopping, psychology, parenting and beyond. She frequently tests and develops recipes for major magazines.

Her first novel, THE VIOLETS OF MARCH, will be published by Penguin (Plume) in May 2011. Her second novel, THE BUNGALOW, will debut in the spring/summer of 2013, also from Penguin (Plume). Her third novel is in progress.

Sarah lives in Seattle with her husband, Jason, and young sons Carson and Russell.  Sarah can be found via her website, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter and The Debutante Ball.