Boundless

by Melissa Wyllie

Best friends Idella and Minnie are mired in Chickadee, a tiny dot in southern Alabama seeped in piety and rural poverty, believed to be cursed with an ancient witch, and caught in the 75 miserable years between the Civil War and the beginning of World War II. Unsettled things are attracted to unsettled times. After sneaking out to meet boys at a speakeasy one night, both girls are offered a deal with the devil. How far will they go to keep their vow to get out of Chickadee? Consequences from their decisions that night shape them into unrecognizable creatures and spin the girls into a wild world where secrets may destroy them both.

208 pages, Paperback

First published February 17, 2015

About the author

Melissa Wyllie grew up in south Florida, spending summers and holidays in Alabama, where her family raised her and her sister up on their stories, cemeteries, and the special eccentricities of the South.

With a degree in journalism from the University of Alabama, her writing career has crossed from journalism to corporate communications, and from poetry to short stories. Her first novel, Boundless, is scheduled for release in February 2015. Melissa has been a contributing writer to newspapers, magazines, and blogs and writes a reoccurring business blog. She is the editor of a 2012 book of Poetry, Skinny Dipping in Daylight, and contributed marketing insight for a soon-to-be-released book on writing by award-winning author Anne Jones. Melissa lives in Nashville with her husband and their two literary-marked daughters. Melissa is a passionate preservationist, currently serving as the President of Historic Nashville, and spending much of her time protecting the brick and mortar monuments of our past.

Follow her on twitter: @mswyllie.

Reviews

[Catherine]

The blurb mentions a speakeasy! 8'D //instantly adds to TBR list//