Old South

Five years after Sofia Lyon disappeared, her remains are found stuffed into the hollow of a tree bursting through the floorboards of an abandoned house in the woods. The women who loved her flock home to the North Carolina hills to face their grief.

Kathy must crack the quilt code of the Underground Railroad or die trying! In the wake of a scandal within the New York City Police Department, Kathy Marconi leaves her career as a homicide detective. Wary of the political climate surrounding her departure from the Police Department she places and wins a bid on a dilapidated plantation in rural southern Louisiana. She allows her spirits to lift at the thought of leaving New York and the scandal behind. However, upon her arrival, she immediately discovers that the house has secrets, centuries of them. It doesn't take long to realize that ...

Love and war don't go together, or do they? Jessica is sure she has found the love of her life. Then, just before they are to marry, the civil war comes. Daniel can't ignore the call to serve. Follow Jess and Daniel as they navigate all the trials of wartime romance in this once in a lifetime love story, set in the deep south.

Sharing Home is the fifth book in the ongoing saga of the Return to Summit Falls. Summit Falls is a small town in the middle of nowhere that could be anywhere. It’s small enough that even though you might not know everyone…you know who everyone is. And they know you. Years ago four young men left their hometown of Summit Falls. Each of them ready to take on whatever the world had to throw at them. Now, years later, two of them, Jonah Sutherland, and Adam Dane have returned to Summit Falls to make it their home. Another has it very much in mind. Nicolas Franklin has finally decided ...

The Appalachian Mountains whisper with voices long forgotten. Beneath their sweeping peaks and shadowed hollows lies a rich legacy of ghost stories — not urban legends, but centuries-old accounts once spoken in lamplight and recorded in faded ink. Over time, many of these chilling tales vanished from public memory, buried beneath the weight of modern folklore. Haunted Appalachia resurrects them. Inside this collection are over 115 spectral stories unearthed from the Central and Southern Appalachians — eerie accounts of hauntings, warnings from the dead, and unexplained phenomena rooted ...

Father Steele Austin moves his little family from Oklahoma to one of the most prestigious congregations in the old South. Some of the more influential members of the congregation immediately find him unworthy to be the rector of Historic First Church (Episcopal). He is determined to open the parish's ministry to those that do not measure up to the unwritten membership standards. Those in power work for his removal. Even the Klu Klux Klan find his ministry a threat to the community norm. Soon the young rector becomes aware of the secrets of sex, power and greed kept by the most pious in the ...

Grab Cajun Bride, "Eugenia Riley's most colorful, touching romance to date!" (Romantic Times Magazine) for an Everyday Low Price!! From the #1 Kindle Bestselling Author in American, Victorian, and Time Travel Romance! RESCUED BY A ROGUE . . . Orphaned at seventeen, Cajun beauty Angelique Fremont is left to the tender mercies of her profligate Uncle Giles in antebellum New Orleans. Then Giles cruelly betrays his niece, offering her on the auction block to his depraved poker companions! Only the intervention of Jean Pierre Delacroix, notorious rogue turned Cupid, saves innocent Angelique from...

A sudden disappearance, an island escape, the boy from her past, a raging blizzard of secrets and fear, another woman’s betrayal & the quiet suffering of a broken heart. She’d known the boy he was and it had never been a secret that she loved him with all her heart...then walked away...her dreams and hopes lost. Years later her life depends on the man he’s become. Dark secrets and twisted truths...hidden clues and unexpected danger...a lost island of dreams and mystery... There was only time to grab her purse and the small keepsake box she couldn’t leave behind. She had no choice ...

They had very little in common. Their lives couldn’t be more different. The paths they’d chosen veered in completely opposite direction of the other in more ways than could be counted. Yet each knew the ultimate and painful cost of loving. They both knew that would never change. But they share more than an undeniable common bond…one that brings them together to form an even stronger friendship when nothing else could. And it is that bond that brings them together in the effort to do all that they can for a young girl who like them struggles to find her way in the midst of overwhelming...

Ben Masters' past is catching up to him as he tries to live the life of a peaceful farmer, but his violent past could destroy everything he has worked to attain. This is the final story in the Ben Masters trilogy.

Two ancient adversaries meet for a cup of coffee in a little pie shop outside of Tupelo, Mississippi. The young woman who serves them feels sure there’s something unusual about these strangers, but even after a person living on the streets recognizes the Old Man as the Lord God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, even after He knows things that no one could possibly know, she can’t make herself believe . . . . What would you do if you went for a cup of coffee and a slice of pie and were drawn into a conversation between God and Satan? If you could ask the Almighty any question, what would you...

Do you have a desire to make kings and courts laugh? Would you like to revive a long-dead art? Become a Jester and get in line to make the 4 or 5 kings left in the world laugh. Become a Jester and live your best life.

Zayn Hamilton, the hottest new Hollywood actor to grace the big screen is every teenage girl’s fantasy. That’s just one of the things Los Angeles Movie Magazine has said about my best friend Jenna’s older brother and the man I’ve had a crush on since I was eight years old. So you’d think I’d be excited that Zayn was coming home to attend Jenna’s wedding, but I’m not. In fact, I plan on staying as far away from him as I can. So why won’t he stay away from me? If I can get through the week until he flies back to Los Angeles, I might just survive with my heart intact. As long...

Ben Masters was a Confederate scout during the war between the North and the South. When the South was defeated, Ben was left without a family and without a reason to exist. Several years later and Ben has become a feared bounty hunter.

This love lost and found and historical novel begins with a current-day vehicle accident on a Mississippi highway. The vehicle chasing an elderly couple, Thornton and Melissa, careens off a bridge leaving two of the occupants dead. While aiding the lone survivor, Thornton is puzzled by his incoherent comments and wonders if his life is in danger, and what relationship a little girl has with the survivor's family and his family. The story reveals that relationship began from a tragic event at the end of the Civil War. Set in the South, many scenes depict hardships, relationships, and despair...

Secrets lie buried at Parker Plantation, known only to its last owner who took them to his grave. When magazine photographer Carson Hudson arrives for a shoot, he finds more than just Georgian architecture through his lens. Local historian Bailey Barrows accompanies him, driven by her own mysterious connection to the property. As they delve into the history and discover the forgotten archives, they uncover a web of family secrets that leads straight to Bailey's ancestors. The discovery forces her to confront not just her heritage, but also the careful walls she's built around her heart. ...

The factory jokester is about to get serious – with the older woman who happens to be his new boss! Jim I’ve been working on the production line in this small town factory since I graduated from high school. My coworkers still think of me as the smart-mouthed kid in their group, but now that I’ve turned thirty-five, I’m ready to settle down. when I get the opportunity to branch out and drive the forklift on another team, I see it as a chance for a fresh start. I’ve got a new look, a newly remodeled house, and now, a new boss – at least temporarily. I’ve also got a big problem,...

She wants to save history. He wants to raze it all. A local tour guide who makes a living off Savannah history goes to battle against an award-winning developer who wants to raze the old city block she lives on. Tamsyn’s Troubles… Tamsyn Pendegrast’s troubles can be summed up in one word: Ryan. Okay, three words: Ryan Ruttledge V. A nightmare to her historical preservation efforts, an enemy of her fledgling Tamsyn Tours travel agency and tour company, Ryan seems to have it all: funding, support, awards, and the deeds to half the properties on Rosa Pendegrast Lane in old-town Savannah....

In the scorching July of 1866, James Taliaferro Cunningham, a formidable Confederate Army colonel, walked into a small Kansas saloon. His military bearing and battle-hardened demeanor commanded respect. Across the room is Billy Corbin, a fellow Southerner and Confederate sergeant, marked by his accent and war-worn spirit. The two men met when a local troublemaker threatened Billy because of his Southern heritage. The Colonel intervened, diffusing the situation without firing a shot. United by their shared roots and mutual respect, the Colonel invited Billy to join him on a journey to Texas....

THERE’S A GHOST IN HER BATHTUB AND A WEREWOLF IN HER GARDEN! When lovely Viveca Stanhope fled a scandalous past in Old San Francisco to make a new life for herself in Savannah, little did she know she’d just purchased the most “haunted” house in the entire South! From the ghostly specters prowling the square to the ax woman stalking her yard, “Hangman’s House” is indeed a fright. And Viveca’s “Nightmare on Lost Lane” comes complete with a half-crazed housekeeper, a mysterious houseboy with a fetish for knife-throwing and numerous other strange bedfellows. Still, Viveca ...