FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Page & Palette in Fairhope will host author Margaret P. Cunningham on July 15, from 6-8 p.m. She will speak about and sign her latest novel “One True Place.”

Here’s what readers can look forward to in this story set on the Gulf Coast. When True Cowley’s golf-obsessed husband drops dead and his duplicity comes to light, she’s left emotionally and financially drained.

True takes advantage of a free burial plot in her birthplace — a Southern coastal town she’s spent a lifetime avoiding. She’s soon immersed in a riddle of secrets and memories of the antebellum house known as Oak View.

The very mysterious, very handsome Jackson Bean knows a funeral certainly isn’t the best place to notice a beautiful woman — particularly when that woman is the widow.

When True becomes a tenant in his rental home, the two join forces in shedding light on those shadowy secrets, and find there’s a lot more to their relationship than partners-in-crime-solving.

Cunningham’s short stories have won several national contests and have appeared in magazines and anthologies including many “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books.

She grew up on her father’s nursery in Mobile. She spent her entire life on Alabama’s beautiful Gulf Coast where she still lives with her husband, Tom.

Cunningham enjoys writing, reading, gardening and “beaching it” with her family and friends.

“One True Place” is her second novel.

She will exclusively sign all books purchased from Page & Palette.

For more information, call (251) 928-5295 or visit www.pageandpalette.com.