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  • Diann Shaddox
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    • Diary of Olivia Bellamead
    • Hidden Dreams
    • Southern Dreams Book Series
    • Spirits of Sacred Mountain
    • Whispering Fog
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Dear Readers,

I have a book announcement for my newest novel, Diary of Olivia Bellamead a part of Southern Dreams is available now.

Southern Dreams, a collection of stories of rhapsodies and struggles of the Bellamead family living on the Bella Oak Plantation established in 1844 in South Carolina.

A letter clinched in the hand of a young Southern girl and a another letter being written in the dim light of a battlefield by a Yankee soldier tell of an enduring love that even the Civil War isn’t able to destroy. It is a yarn that weaves and binds the North and the South into a noble tapestry. Southern Dreams begins one Fourth of July picnic in 1861 when Olivia Rose Bellamead, a young Southern belle, and Jackson Seth Montgomery, a vast plantation heir-apparent, were to be publicly presented as an engaged couple, an arrangement made by her parents. However, a mysterious Northern stranger named Andrew Robert Drake arrived on the day of the picnic. He caught Olivia’s eye and that changed the course of both of their lives.

Andrew rode north that day leaving his love behind promising someday to come back. He, a surgeon in the Union army, sends her letters, tales from the battlefields, stories of young men: Northern and Southern alike, each with their blue or grey uniforms but both so bloody that the surgeon could not distinguish between the Rebels and the Yankees; he only cared about preserving life.
Olivia holds dear each letter she receives as she clings to her dreams of Andrew coming home.

​Struggling with death and destruction all around, she watches the South as it collapses to ruins. Looking out over her beloved Bella Oak plantation, she stands remembering the day she met Andrew and knowing that it was a time lost in the past, never to emerge again. She pulls out the unopened letter she has received, clinching it tightly. Her worst fear is that the letter would be one with different handwriting. 

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Dear Readers,
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​I would like to say a huge thank you to my Editor Marsha Rhodes for her support. My novels wouldn't become a reality without her tireless efforts in editing . 

Thank you Marsha for your encouragement and inspiration. 

Diann Shaddox
"Founder of Diann Shaddox Foundation for
Essential Tremor, Award-winning Author, Speaker, & 

Advocate for ET, Essential Tremor"

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Diann Shaddox Foundation for Essential Tremor is a Non-Profit organization, 501 c(3), committed to help people struggling in today’s world with Essential Tremor (ET). ET is the largest movement disorder in the world. ET is a progressive neurological condition that causes a rhythmic trembling of the hands, head, voice, legs, or trunk. ​
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Diary of Olivia Bellamead
Diary of Olivia Bellamead
​A love story telling tales of struggles of the south, along with heartbreaking stories of the north binding them together
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Hidden Dreams
HIDDEN DREAMS
 Hidden Dreams, During the 1960s, a wealthy plantation owner’s daughter and a poor country boy discover passion that rises above tragedy.

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A Faded Cottage
A FADED COTTAGE
A Faded Cottage a SC love story, is available in paperback, hardback, & eBook edition. It's perfect for both Book Clubs and beach bags! Get your copy today!
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Whispering Fog
WHISPERING FOG
Whispering Fog, a time travel, is available in paperback, hardback, & eBook edition. It's perfect for both Book Clubs and beach bags! Get your copy today!
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MIRANDA
Miranda, A diary of a young girl in the 1800's, is available in paperback, hardback, & eBook edition. It's perfect for both Book Clubs and beach bags! Get your copy today!​ 
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Spirits of Sacred Mountain, a children book, is available in paperback, hardback, & eBook edition. It's perfect for both Book Clubs and school library! Get your copy today!
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The Gatekeeper of Crystal Pond is available in paperback, hardback, & eBook edition. It's perfect for both Book Clubs and school library! Get your copy today!

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  • Diann Shaddox
  • Books
    • Titles
    • Diary of Olivia Bellamead
    • Hidden Dreams
    • Southern Dreams Book Series
    • Spirits of Sacred Mountain
    • Whispering Fog
    • The Gatekeeper
    • A Faded Cottage
    • Miranda
    • GEESLY WEESLY BEASLEY BOB
    • Diann's Family Favorites
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