We have best selling authors, Ariel Lawhon and Marybeth Whalen, coming to Silver Coast Winery on Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 5:30pm for an author book signing event. Ticket will include a copy of Ariel Lawhon’s latest book, THE PIRATE QUEEN, and copies of Marybeth Whalen’s lastest book, HANDLE WITH CARE, will be available to purchase at the event.
Handle With Care:
Three women walk into a post office. This is no joke—it’s the spark that
ignites a life-altering crisis.
On a quiet spring afternoon, an ordinary small-town post office becomes
ground zero for a domestic dispute. A husband draws a weapon and seals
the doors, holding four women captive: his frightened wife, a young
woman searching for meaning amid uncertainty, a mother on the brink of
letting go as her only daughter graduates, and an elderly woman
concealing a secret that could shatter everything she knows.
Outside, the negotiator works to keep a fragile peace, forced to confront
her own issues as every word becomes a lifeline.
Each of the three women who walked into the post office is carrying
something that, if mailed, would profoundly change her life. As minutes
become hours in this daylong siege, these strangers forge lasting bonds.
Handle with Care shines a light on hope found even in the darkest
moments, and illuminates how even strangers, thrown together by
chance and hardship, have the power to change each other’s lives.
A story about finding hope in the face of hardship and connection in
the face of crisis, Handle with Care is a novel for our time.
About Marybeth Whalen:
Marybeth Whalen is the author of Every Moment Since and nine previous novels. Marybeth received a BA degree in English with a concentration in Writing and Editing from NC State University a long time ago and
has been writing ever since. She is the co-founder of The Book Tide, an online community of readers where “a rising tide raises all books.” Marybeth and her husband Curt are the parents of six children, with only one left at home. A native of Charlotte, NC, Marybeth now calls Sunset Beach, NC home.
The Pirate Queen:
Grace O’Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she’s sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-minded second son—a man she cannot have.
Married off against her will to a brutal warrior, Grace performs her duty, all the while gathering followers loyal to her, and consolidating her husband’s power, only to be ousted from his lands. But this betrayal offers Grace the opportunity to return to sea, finally leading clan O’Malley’s mighty fleet. Just as she finds true independence, Queen Elizabeth’s incursions into Ireland grow bolder and Grace must fight to defend her land, her ships, and the people she loves most against the cruel and power-hungry English deputies, who will stop at nothing to check her influence.
Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon’s new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became “the Pirate Queen of Ireland.”
About Ariel Lawhon:
Ariel Lawhon is a critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction. Her novels include: THE FROZEN RIVER, CODE NAME HÉLÈNE; I WAS ANASTASIA; FLIGHT OF DREAMS; THE WIFE THE MAID AND THE MISTRESS; WHEN WE HAD WINGS (co-written with Kristina McMorris and Susan Meissner); and BARRIERS TO ENTRY an Amazon Original Short Story. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have been Good Morning America Book Club, Library Reads, One Book One County, Indie Next, Costco, Amazon Spotlight, and Book of the Month Club selections. She lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and four sons. She splits her time between the grocery store and the baseball field.