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Our Spring Lake, NJ bed and breakfasts offer a variety of lodging and travel specials throughout the year. For more information about our member inns’ New Jersey vacation packages and romantic weekend getaway specials, please visit their individual websites. Also, check this page frequently for information regarding our current group specials.
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“Authors & Inns – A Spring Lake
Event”
2nd Annual Tour is Literary Event of the
Season
Spring Lake, NJ (March 2008) In
association with the Spring Lake and Sea
Girt Public Libraries, The Historic Inns
of Spring Lake are hosting their 2nd
annual AUTHORS & INNS TOUR on
Sunday afternoon June 8, 2008 from
1:00-5:00pm. The tour of 9 historic inns
features 12 award-wining Romance Authors
with a link to New Jersey.
Nine inns/hotels will open their doors
to tour goers, sharing their distinctive
properties for a glimpse into the
historic and romantic style of Spring
Lake. At the same time, prominent
romance-genre authors will be at each
inn meeting fans, selling and signing
their most recently published books. The
stories feature many of the most popular
themes today from ‘international
political thriller’ and ‘romantic novel
set in India’ to ‘dangerous passion set
in Ireland’ and ‘looking for love in the
wilds of suburbia’.
The
‘Authors & Inns Tour’ features
the following authors and books:
Annette Blair “Gone With the Witch”
C.H. Admirand “Pearl’s
Redemption”
Tara Nina “Curse of the Gargoyle”
Dee Davis “A Match Made on
Madison”
Kaitlin O’Riley “One Sinful
Night”
Irene Peterson “Glory Days”
Amy Edelman “Manless in
Montclair”
Lois Winston “Love, Lies and a
Double Shot of Deception”
Caridad Pineiro “South Beach
Chicas Catch Their Man”
Jan Coffey “Deadliest Strain”
Shobhan Bantwal “The Dowry Bride”
Nancy Harkness “Music of the
Night”
The cost for the ‘Authors & Inns’ Tour
is $12 (a non-refundable donation) with
a portion of the proceeds given to the
Spring Lake and Sea Girt Public
Libraries. Each tour goer will receive a
keepsake tote bag from the Historic
Inns.
Nationally recognized for more than a
decade for their open house Holiday Tour
each December, the Historic Inns of
Spring Lake are a stunning collection of
19th Century homes, dating from
1870-1888. They embody the romance and
history of Spring Lake, offering the
best in architectural preservation,
unique character, tradition and
hospitality.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by
calling 732-859-1465 for details or
purchased at Participating Inns, The
Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce and Sea
Girt Pubic Library plus BookTowne in
Manasquan. On the day of the Tour,
tickets can be purchased at the Spring
Lake Public Library. Each ticket will
include a self-guided map of Authors &
Inns for visitors’ convenience.
A total of 500 tour tickets will be
sold. Guests staying for the
Friday/Saturday weekend will receive a
complimentary Tour Ticket and guests
checking in on Sunday for 1-night will
receive a tour ticket plus special
accommodation rate at each participating
Inn. All Inn guests are invited to a
private Post-Tour Reception attended by
innkeepers and authors.
The radiantly refined town offers a
delightful downtown experience with
charming boutiques and galleries,
restaurants, historic landmarks and the
famous Spring Lake all with a 2-mile
Atlantic oceanfront community.
WHAT: “Authors & Inns: A Spring Lake
Event”
A self-guided tour of 9 Historic Inns &
Authors
WHEN: Sunday, June 8, 2008
1:00-5:00pm
WHERE: Spring Lake, New Jersey
COST: $12/per person
TICKETS: 732-859-1465 – Historic Inns
Association
Checks ONLY can be mailed to:
Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce
Box 694
Spring Lake, NJ 07762
732-449-0577
For Information and Book Cover Photos, contact Leigh Cort Publicity.
(904) 806-3613
leighc@aug.com
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Spring
Lake, the ‘Sweetheart of the Jersey
Shore’ is celebrating a notable
triumph! At the 2008 Governor’s Tourism
Award Ceremony on April 10, the Historic
Inns of Spring Lake received one of only
10 awards presented to exemplary
organizations or individuals …for their
signature June event – Authors & Inns –
A Spring Lake Event. These awards set a
“…benchmark for excellence in the New
Jersey tourism industry, contributing to
the experience of visitors and the
quality of life of NJ residents.”
Attending the Conference on behalf of
the Historic Inns association, innkeeper
Mari Kennelly, owner of White Lilac Inn
and Barb Vogel, prior Inn owner accepted
the award that reads “New Jersey
Excellence in Tourism 2008”.

L to R: Mari Kennelly and Nina Mitchell
Wells, NJ Secretary of State
In June 2007, Authors &
Inns – A Spring Lake Event was launched
to much acclaim throughout the
metropolitan New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut area. It
generated a significant amount of
publicity about the participating
authors on the Sunday tour, including
Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins
Clark, among the 15 authors who met fans
and autographed books in each of 11
historic inns.
On June 8, 2008, the event is taking
place again; this year the tour features
12 New Jersey romance (genre) authors,
each author paired with an inn
throughout the afternoon. Once again
they will be greeting fans and signing
books.
The Authors & Inns Tour fulfills the
Governor’s criteria for winning the
award, which is working toward the
common goal of improving the New Jersey
tourism product, attracting out-of-state
visitors and increasing tourism
expenditures. Many tour attendees stayed
at the inns, dined in Spring Lake
vicinity restaurants and shopped in the
surrounding area.

2008 Authors & Inns Poster
According to Mari
Kennelly “I felt it was worth the time
to apply for the Governor’s Award,
hopefully to put our event into the
limelight. We have such a unique and
beautiful small town and it’s finally
being found. We were competing against
very large venues but our little event
last June had more impact than we could
even imagine.” |
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2007 Spring Lake AUTHORS & INNS
Tour A Tremendous Success
Premier travel authority About.com
- has recognized the Spring Lake
beach as one of the Top 10 in the
USA. Winning for ‘Classic Beach’,
the About.com description states:
“CLASSIC BEACH: SPRING LAKE, NJ.
Turn-of-the-century mansions, two miles
of near-secluded beach, and a lovely
boardwalk represent this jewel of the
Jersey Shore.
After 500 tickets were sold out and 15
participating authors collectively sold
nearly 800 books to their fans, one
could conclude that the 1st Annual ‘Authors
& Inns Tour’ event in Spring Lake on
June 10th was a huge success. It was a
glorious spring afternoon as lines began
forming at many of the participating 10
historic Inns. Each tour attendee
received a bright yellow tote bag from
the Historic Inns of Spring Lake, which
ultimately carried as many as 18 books
for one avid book fan.
Whether readers began their tour at the
Villa Park Inn to meet Patrick Smith,
author of “Spring Lake Revisited”, The
White Lilac Inn to have author Gordon
Hesse autograph his book “All Summer
Long” or wait on line at the Ocean House
to meet Mary Higgins Clark, one of the
most famous mystery authors of her
generation…there was a buzz around
Spring Lake that innkeepers and book
fans will never forget. Their ‘summer
reads’ are now chosen and a comfy beach
chair is all that will be needed to dive
into the pages of their personalized
books.
“I don’t know why I thought people would
be interested in either the authors OR
the inns, clearly they loved both. One
couple even asked when they could buy
tickets for next year’s tour!” exclaimed
Laurie Carloni, owner of Evergreen Inn.
Andy Seaman, owner of Spring Lake Inn
states “The Authors & Inns tour created
a New York City excitement in Spring
Lake. Guests couldn’t wait to see the
Inn’s rooms and wandered through its
vast spaces while waiting for a personal
meeting with our Author Frank Finale. A
very engaging man, he was amazed with
the turnout and had his best single
day's sale of his books, even running
out of some titles before the final hour
of the tour.”

Mary Higgins Clark enjoys
conversation with fans, as she
autographs something personal on each
book at the Ocean House with proprietors
Nancy & Dennis Kaloostian
Robert Murray, General Manager of
Chateau Inn & Suites was amazed “I
couldn’t believe the time and personal
conversations that our authors spent
with guests and tour goers.”
The members of Historic Inns of Spring
Lake will be choosing a date shortly for
the 2008 ‘Authors and Inns Tour’, with
book themes to be announced at the end
of this year.
THE 2ND ANNUAL AUTHORS & INNS TOUR
DATE:
SUNDAY, JUNE 8 - 2008
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Boomers Inn Love – Return to
the Jersey Shore
The Boomers Inn Love promotion includes:
- Gourmet breakfast
- Outstanding Historic Accommodations with
Picturesque Settings
- Personalized & Attentive Service
- Option: Two-night stay receive 2nd night
half price at Inn of your choice
- Option: Three-night stay receive 3rd night
free at Inn of your choice
Participating Inns: The Beacon House, The
Breakers Hotel, Chateau Inn & Suites, Ocean House, The Sandpiper
Inn, Spring Lake Inn,
Victoria House B&B, Villa Park House and
White Lilac Inn.
Offered September 15, 2008 through March
15, 2009.
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