Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Miss Beth Bettencourt by Eva Marie Everson, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: Miss Beth Bettencourt
Author: Eva Marie Everson
Publisher: Kregel
Release Date: May 12, 2026
Genre: Southern Fiction/Christian Fiction
Will an unlikely romance tear down Beth’s walls of indifference?
It's 1962 in Bynum, Georgia, and Beth Bettencourt's world is turned upside down when she wakes to a man snoring in the guest bedroom.
She's home alone; her parents are traveling abroad, grieving her twin sister's unexpected death. Instead of accompanying them, Beth stayed in Bynum to tend to her kindergarten and closely guard her own heart.
A beautiful and beloved member of the community, Beth is an unusual specimen for her time as she nears thirty and remains unmarried. She holds deep-seated unforgiveness toward her twin, Elise, who ran off with Beth's beau. To make matters worse, Elise took their grandmother's ring, which had been promised to Beth.
But now a stranger enters her home and her world. David Patrick Martin seems ready to break down her walls of indifference and find the core of Miss Beth Bettencourt. But can he be trusted with Beth's past, her present, and more importantly, her future?
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Book Excerpt
Marty’s eyes opened, then slowly slid toward me. “That’s a good thing.”
“I cannot carry the anger anymore, nor do I want to.”
He beamed. “Learning to let go . . . that’s the best thing you can ever do.” He scooted up again. “But there will be times when the old hurts will rise again.”
“You speak from experience.”
“A lot of experience.”
“So what do you do when those old hurts return?”
He stood, walked over to the fire, which had died to blackened ash, and shoved his hands into the front pockets of his dungarees. “Give them to God.” He looked over his shoulder at me to offer another smile. “The only thing you can do. Ask him to take them, and he will.”
Fresh breeze stirred the air around us, and I shivered.
Marty crooked his finger. “Come on over here. There’s still some warmth coming off the leaves.”
I walked over, and as naturally as if I’d done it all my life, I linked my arm with his, then looked down into the firepit. The leaves glowed under the current of the wind.
“Don’t worry,” he said as if he’d read my mind. “I’m going to pile the dirt back over before we leave.”
About the Author
Eva Marie Everson is a bestselling, multi-award-winning author of nearly 50 works of fiction and nonfiction. Collectively, her novels have sold over 300,000 copies. She is the CEO of Word Weavers International, the director of Florida Christian Writers Conference, and a popular speaker at writers conferences across the nation. Eva Marie is a double magna cum laude graduate of Andersonville Theological Seminary (Associate of Biblical Studies and Bachelor of Biblical Exposition) and of Tzemach Institute (a two-year program in Biblical Studies). In 2022, she was awarded the Yvonne Lehman Legacy Award and presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association). She and her husband live in Central Florida where they enjoy their children and grandchildren. They are owned by a Norwegian Forest cat named Vanessa.
Connect with Eva Marie by visiting evamarieeversonauthor.com to follow her on social media and subscribe to email updates.
Tour Giveaway
(5) winners will each receive a copy of Miss Beth Bettencourt (winner's choice between ebook or print), Southern recipes, a Miss Beth Bettencourt bookmark, and a $10 Amazon gift card!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight May 11, 2026 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on May 18, 2026. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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