Press Release

For Immediate Release
Contact:               Maryglenn McCombs
Phone:                 (615) 297-9875
Email:                    maryglenn@maryglenn.com

Local South Florida Businesswoman Turned Novelist
to Celebrate Launch of Debut Novel, In Their Blood

IPSWICH, Mass. – Local businesswoman Sharon Potts (formerly Sharon Glueck) will celebrate the release of her debut novel, In Their Blood with upcoming signings in  South Florida, including:

• Murder on the Beach (273 Pineapple Grove Way/Delray Beach) – September 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM
• Books & Books Lincoln Road (927 Lincoln Road/Miami Beach)– September 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
• Books & Books Coral Gables (265 Aragon Avenue/Coral Gables) – September 16, 2009 at 8:00 PM
• Barnes & Noble (591 S University Drive/Plantation)—September 24, 2009 at 7:30
• Borders Aventura (19925 Biscayne Boulevard/Aventura) –September 26 at 7:00 PM

Potts, a CPA who spent her early career as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York and Miami, joined Career Associates, a local accounting recruiting firm, in the early 1980s. Potts later became President of Career Temps, which grew to become the largest independently-owner accounting placement/recruitment firm in Florida with five offices covering Miami through Palm Beach.  In 1995, Career Associates/Career Temps was sold to Interim Personnel (subsequently Spherion), an international, publicly-traded staffing firm. Potts remained with Spherion as a Managing Director until she left in 2000 to pursue her writing career.

In Their Blood, Potts’s debut novel, was picked up by Massachusetts-based Oceanview Publishing, one of the country’s leading independent publishers of original works within the mystery/thriller/suspense genres.  Oceanview will release In Their Blood in hardcover on September 8, 2009. In Their Blood will be available in bookstores nationwide.

Set in Miami, In Their Blood is a suspenseful thriller about a young man seeking to avenge the horrendous murders of his parents. A timely and topical tale, In Their Blood exposes the aftermath of a fictional Miami-based  financial  scam that makes Bernie Madoff look like an amateur.

Potts commented: “I never imagined that my career in public accounting, having an economics buff for a husband, and being a hovering mom, would all crystallize into a novel.  But once I threw in the irresistible backdrop of steamy, seductive and sometimes scam-ridden Miami, everything fell into place.”

Even prior to its release, In Their Blood has garnered tremendous  enthusiasm.  Michael Connelly, New York Times best-selling author of The Scarecrow, offered his praise for Sharon Potts and the novel:“In Their Blood starts with a bang and never lets up. This is thriller writing the way it is supposed to be.”  Publishers Weekly called it “a red-hot suspense novel” and gave it a starred review.

A native of New York,  Potts lives in Miami Beach with her husband, Joe.  She is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and served as treasurer of the Florida chapter and co-chair of SleuthFest, its national writers conference held in Deerfield Beach.

In Their Blood will be available wherever fine books are sold on September 8, 2009. Oceanview Publishing (www.oceanviewpub.com) is an independent publisher headquartered in Massachusetts.  Oceanview is a proud member of the International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. For more information, please contact Maryglenn McCombs by phone (615-297-9875) or by email (maryglenn@maryglenn.com).