{"title":"Ann B. Ross","description":"Ann B. Ross is the author of eighteen novels featuring the popular Southern heroine Miss Julia, as well as Etta Mae's Worst Bad-Luck Day, a novel about one of Abbotsville's other most outspoken residents: Etta Mae Wiggins. Ross holds a doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has taught literature at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.","products":[{"product_id":"miss-julia-meets-her-match-paperback","title":"Miss Julia Meets Her Match - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the 5th installment of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Miss Julia series, Miss Julia has finally met her match. Don't miss Ann Ross's newest, \u003ci\u003eMiss Julia Raises the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e, coming April 2018 from Viking. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith devoted fans across the country, Miss Julia--that endearingly sharp-tongued southern belle of a certain age--has no shortage of admirers. But in \u003cb\u003eMiss Julia Meets Her Match\u003c\/b\u003e, our feisty heroine must come to terms with her most ardent admirer of all: longtime beau Sam Murdoch, who wants to tie the knot. While it's hard to resist Sam's charm, Miss Julia isn't about to give up her independence so easily. After all, there are plenty of other matters that require her attention, including a Holy Land theme park to be built on her property, a possible affair between the mayor and the preacher's secretary, and the arrival of her housekeeper Lillian's five-year-old pistol of a great-granddaughter. In the midst of all the commotion, can her cool-as-a-cucumber head help her heart make the decision of a lifetime?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104269570271,"sku":"9780143034858","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vgk-WBcZZV9780143034858.webp?v=1781104538"},{"product_id":"miss-julia-inherits-a-mess-paperback","title":"Miss Julia Inherits a Mess - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this entry in Ann B. Ross's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series, Miss Julia finds herself an executrix on a desperate hunt for a valuable antique so she can honor her friend's last wishes. Don't miss her newest, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiss Julia Raises the Roof\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, coming April 2018 from Viking.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Miss Julia hears that Miss Mattie Freeman has taken a fall and is in the hospital, she wishes she'd spent more time getting to know the woman--and not just because she's last to hear about the accident  So when the tumble proves fatal, the last thing Miss Julia expects is a phone call from Ernest Sitton, Attorney at Law. Suddenly Miss Julia finds herself the executrix of Miss Mattie's estate, and from what Ernest has to say, Miss Mattie's coffers weren't exactly full. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined to find something of value for Miss Mattie's beneficiaries, Miss Julia is faced with a room full of clutter that's now hers to disperse. With the lovelorn caretaker Etta Mae Wiggins working overtime, her good friend Mildred Allen on bed rest, and Helen Stroud cataloging Miss Mattie's furniture, Miss Julia soon realizes she's got a blue-million things to do to honor her friend's last wishes. Thank goodness for Miss Mattie's handsome young neighbor, Nate Wheeler, who's ever ready to help out, and of course for Sam, who's always willing to lend an ear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a young man claiming to be Miss Mattie's great-nephew turns up, demanding to live in her apartment while he writes a family history, Miss Julia will find herself closer to Mattie Freeman and her mysterious family than ever before. In this seventeenth installment in the Miss Julia series, Ann B. Ross delivers another hilarious and big-hearted novel celebrating the South's favorite steel magnolia and the unforgettable residents of Abottsville.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104513364191,"sku":"9780143108658","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4NIcvFvajK9780143108658.webp?v=1781108495"},{"product_id":"miss-julia-to-the-rescue-paperback","title":"Miss Julia to the Rescue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Delightful . . . Those who like smiles with their crimes will be satisfied\" by the 13th in the popular Miss Julia series (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). 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