To celebrate >25,000 ebooks sold and >300 reviews on Amazon, we’re giving away copies of Whistling Woman in the following formats: 
5 ebooks
5 paperbacks
5 audiobooks
For a chance to win, please like our Whistling Woman Facebook page and send us a message as to your preferred format. If you have already liked us, just send us a Fb message saying so and the format you would like. The first five names drawn in each format will receive their free copy.
For those who haven’t read the book, here’s a short blurb:
A whistling woman and a crowing hen never come to a very good end. In the waning years of the 19th century, Bessie Daniels grows up in the small town of Hot Springs in western North Carolina. Secure in the love of her father, resistant to her mother’s desire that she be a proper Southern belle, Bessie’s determined to forge her own way in life. Or, as her Cherokee great-grandmother, Elisi, puts it, a whistling woman. Life, however, has a few surprises for her. First, there’s Papa carrying home a dead man, which seems to invite Death for an extended visit in their home. And shortly before she graduates from Dorland Institute, there’s another death, this one closer to her heart. But Death isn’t through with her yet. Proving another of Elisi’s sayings, death comes in threes, It strikes yet again, taking someone Bessie has recently learned to appreciate and cherish, leaving her to struggle with a family that’s threatening to come apart at the seams. Even her beloved Papa seems to be turning into another person, someone Bessie disagrees with more often than not, and someone she isn’t even sure she can continue to love, much less idolize as she had during her childhood. And when Papa makes a decision that costs the life of a new friend, the course of Bessie’s heart is changed forever.
CC Tillery
(Cyndi Tillery Hodges
Christy Tillery French)
CTHodges
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July 14, 2013 at 4:08 pm
Liz Lewis
I’m sorry, but I just cannot find anywhere that tells who the authors’ parents are! I would LOVE to see a family tree somewhere on your website! Maybe I’m blind but I also cannot find when the second book, Moonfixer, will be available for Kindle users… I stayed up all night, until 6:00am reading this entire book – it is absolutely a GREAT READ!!!
July 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm
christytilleryfrench
Thank you so much, Liz, for your very kind comments about Whistling Woman. We hope to have Moonfixer released by late fall. What a great idea for a family tree! We’ll work on that. Our dad is Raymond Earl Tillery, and Bessie was his aunt, her papa – John Daniels – was his grandfather, and baby Jack would become his mother. They called our dad John after Papa.
We appreciate your post and wonderful suggestion.
Warmest wishes,
CC Tillery
July 14, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Kay Lonergan
So enjoyed Whistling women, look forward to your next book….
Obviously great research of family history and the past in general.
AND I am an Aussie who found it so interesting ….can’t wait for next of the series. Thank you K
July 14, 2013 at 6:02 pm
christytilleryfrench
How wonderful, Kay! So glad to hear someone from way over in Australia enjoyed our book! Thank you so much for emailing us and letting us know. We really appreciate our readers! We hope you’ll like Moonfixer and will be sure to notify you when it’s released.
Warmest wishes,
CC Tillery
August 4, 2013 at 11:14 pm
Jessica
Just finished reading Whistling Woman and can’t wait for the next book! I need to know the rest of Bessie’s life! Thank you for a great book!
August 5, 2013 at 8:06 am
christytilleryfrench
Thank you so much, Jessica, for your very kind comments. We are so glad you enjoyed the book and are looking forward to Moonfixer. We really appreciate your very kind comments and thank you for being such a supportive reader!
Warmest wishes,
CC Tillery
August 29, 2013 at 9:18 pm
Janet Reem
I just finished Whistling Woman! Loved it very much, & will be telling everyone who will listen about it! When will the next book be published?
August 30, 2013 at 7:49 am
christytilleryfrench
Oh, Janet, thank you so much for letting us know how you feel about our book. We are so appreciative that you want to tell others about it and really encouraged by readers like you. We are working hard on Moonfixer and hope to release it late fall. We’ll be sure to notify you when it’s published. Again, thank you so very much for your very kind comments.
August 31, 2013 at 6:29 pm
Kay Lonergan
With today being the first day of spring, I am looking forward to spending some downtime on those lazy summer days reading your next book, / books? I am sure it will be as riveting as Whistling Women as I found it so interesting and not all that alien to the stories of pioneering women who played such a big part in our developing Australia. Thank you so much , and can’t wait to start the new adventures….
Kay Lonergan Aussie , Aussie, Aussie .
September 3, 2013 at 2:50 pm
christytilleryfrench
And thank you, Kay, for your interest! We love it that readers other than Americans are enjoying Bessie’s story! Our summer is ending and we’re heading toward fall. Hope you have a great spring/summer and wishing you a wonderful day!
November 9, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Chestine
I enthusiastically read Whistling Woman several months ago. I can hardly wait to read Moonfixer. Thank you for writing such an interesting book. This is exactly the kind of book I love to read.
November 9, 2013 at 5:39 pm
christytilleryfrench
Thank you so much, Chestine, for your very kind comments. We are so glad you enjoyed Whistling Woman and hope you’ll like Moonfixer as well. We hope to have it published in December and will be sure to let you know when it’s available. We really appreciate readers like you!
November 9, 2013 at 5:47 pm
Kay
Hoping I am still in the running for your new book to add to Kindle. Enjoyed your last one so much
Thanks for the insight into your American pioneering days and their women and families.
Kay
November 9, 2013 at 6:33 pm
christytilleryfrench
We’ll be sure to let you know, Kay. Thank you so much! Readers like you are so very important to us and I can’t tell you how much we appreciate your very kind comments.
January 24, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Donna
I just finished both of your books this week.. As my family comes from the NC mountains, the words take me back to the words I heard all of my life from relatives that have all gone on, such as swan, directly, and others phrases that was in the books. I really enjoyed your books and hope you have an upcoming third…
January 24, 2014 at 3:31 pm
christytilleryfrench
Donna, thank you so much for your very kind comments. We are so glad you enjoyed both books. And yes, there will be a third. We’ll be sure to notify you as soon as it’s released. Again, thank you so much. We appreciate readers like you!
February 3, 2014 at 3:20 am
Kay lonergan
Waiting ,waiting ,waiting…….. So looking forward to reading the next compelling novel!
Kay lonergan