Everson, Eva Marie
Summary: "Can an ordinary life leave an extraordinary legacy? In 1977, when nineteen-year-old Allison Middleton receives a proposal of marriage from Westley Houser, she eagerly accepts, having no idea the secret Westley carries--a secret that will change Allison's life forever. But Allison rises to the challenge of raising Westley's toddling daughter as though she were her own. Over the course of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Southern Fiction, an imprint of Lighthouse Publishers of the Carolinas 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEKing, Cassandra
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KINKincaid, Nanci.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINJohnson, Caleb (Caleb Rick)
Summary: "Wedged between the bluffs and the river for which it's named, there's a small and all-but-forgotten town. Janie Treeborne lives on an orchard at the edge of Elberta, Alabama, and in time, she has become its keeper. A place where conquistadors once walked, and where the peaches they left behind now grow, Elberta has seen fierce battles, violent storms, and frantic change--and when the town is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHAtakora, Afia
Summary: "Like her mother, Rue is an all-knowing midwife, healer, and conjurer of curses on the plantation of Marse Charles. Moving back and forth in time between the years before and after the Civil War, this novel tells the story of Rue, the families she cares for, and the mysteries and secrets she knows about the plantation owner's daughter, Varina. At the heart of this story is the intimate bonds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction AtakoraKing, Cassandra
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINPatton, Lisa.
Summary: Leaving her beloved Memphis to help her husband's pipe dream of running a Vermont inn, southern belle Leelee Satterfield discovers numerous unanticipated challenges and is forced to apply her southern-style wits in the wake of a cruel swindle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATMoose, Ruth
Summary: "Beth McKenzie, owner of the Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast, is enjoying an exciting affair with her new love, Scott. Meanwhile, the town of Littleboro, North Carolina is abuzz with gossip about Crazy Reba's upcoming nuptials. Most brides go crazy at some point, but Littleboro's resident homeless lady has had a head start: she's beloved, indulged, and most of all, eccentric. But at almost 60 or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOChildress, Mark.
Summary: The titular heroine is the epitome of the church-going Southern belle, except for one teeny-tiny aspect of her life. Georgia's family inheritance has long since evaporated, and to maintain her genteel lifestyle, Miss Bottoms has taken six affluent lovers--the fly in the ointment being that one is a married preacher who's about to reveal their infidelity to the whole congregation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC CHIChildress, Mark.
Summary: Georgia Bottoms, a Southern belle who keeps six lovers--none of whom know of the others--so she can maintain a lavish lifestyle, finds her ruse crumbling when a married preacher she has been seeing plans to confess their affair in front of his congregation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Childress 2011Jackson, Joshilyn.
Summary: Unduly familiar with choosing between sides throughout her lifetime, Nonny Frett finds herself once again caught in the middle between an escalating family feud that began before her birth and the realization of her own dreams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2003
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Summary: Nonny Frett understands the meaning of "between a rock and a hard place." She's got two mothers, "one deaf-blind and the other four baby steps from flat crazy." She's got two men: her husband, easing out the back door; and her best friend, laying siege to her heart in her front yard. She has a job that holds her in the city, and she's addicted to a little girl stuck deep in the country. And she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACSmith, Lee
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1985
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIConnors, Charlotte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2006
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Summary: Leelee's efforts to run a new restaurant with Peter are challenged by her unpredictable friends, a male dog named Roberta, and the return of Leelee's notorious ex-husband.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2013
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Summary: It was only because Leelee Satterfield had adored her husband since the tenth grade that she agreed to leave Memphis to follow his dream of managing an inn in Vermont. But when Leelee is left swindled and snowbound, she's forced to confront the true depth of her Southern grit in this foreign town. Readers will rejoice in the hilarious antics, colorful cast of characters, and heartfelt moments...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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Summary: "Beth McKenzie's attempt to turn an old Southern mansion into a Bed and Breakfast called The Dixie Dew is thwarted when her first guest is found dead in bed. Murdered, it turns out. Three days later a young priest who looks better in tennis whites than clerick black, is found strangled in his chapel. The whole town of Littleboro is abuzz, and Ossie Delbardo, the town cop whose job heretofore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOWells, Rebecca
Summary: In the small river town of La Luna, Louisiana, Calla Lily Ponder enjoys a blissful childhood at her mother's side, learns the art of healing through the humble womanly art of "fixing hair," and encounters first love with a boy named Tuck. When Tuck leaves her, Calla transforms her sorrow into inspiration and heads for the wild and colorful city of New Orleans--where she realizes the full power...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Wells 2009Wells, Rebecca
Summary: In the small river town of La Luna, Calla enjoys a blissful childhood. Her mother, a woman of rapture and love, teaches Calla the art of healing through the humble womanly art of "fixing hair." Calla further learns that this same touch of hands on the human body can quiet her own soul. It is also on the banks of the La Luna River that Calla encounters first love, with a boy named Tuck. But when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WELAndrews, Mary Kay
Summary: Keeley Murdock's wedding to A.J. Jernigan should have been the social event of the season. But when she catches her fiance doing the deed with her maid of honor at the country club rehearsal dinner, all bets are off. And so is the wedding. Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earning herself instant notoriety in the small town of Madison, Georgia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Pub. 2004
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Summary: What could be worse than going back home to the rural deep South in the height of August humidity? It's going home to a wedding without a ring on your finger or a date on your arm. But that's the least of Savannah's problems after her kid brother is arrested for murder. Savannah's convinced that Macon has been framed, and she sets out to prove it, with a little assistance from her L.A.-based...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCKBarnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)
Summary: While spending a summer at the family lake house, eighteen-year-old Sawyer finally learns the full truth about her complicated family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freeform Books 2019