Category: Southern

Excerpt – Beneath Beauford Grove by E. Denise Billups

  Synopsis The curse flows through her veins, but so does the cure. Dr. Evangeline Beauford thought blood held no secrets from her. As one of Boston’s leading hematologists, she’s dedicated her career to studying blood’s mysteries—until a posthumous letter from her estranged sister draws her back to Beauford Grove after eighteen years away. The family’s olive plantation shouldn’t […]

Literary Spotlight – Narrow the Road by James Wade

  NARROW THE ROAD By James Wade   Genre: Southern Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 306 Publication Date: 26 August 2025     Synopsis In this gripping coming-of-age odyssey, a young man’s quest to reunite his family takes him on a life-altering journey through the wilds of 1930s East Texas, […]

Review – All Money Ain’t Good Money by Tracey Lampley

    Synopsis Jinx Curry is a single mom who spends her days spying on cheating wives and husbands, but she aches for more importance. When her boss, Capricorn Hayes, finally assigns Jinx a missing persons case involving a congressman’s missing granddaughter, Jinx jumps at the chance. Not only to solve it, but to earn […]

Review – Beyond Betrayal by Bette Lee Crosby @BetteLeeCrosby #newrelease #women

    Synopsis   A TALE OF LONELINESS AND DANGER …From USA Today Bestselling Author, Bette Lee Crosby, comes a chilling tale of betrayal, self-doubt, and a friendship so powerful it can change a life. When Susan Robertson buried her husband, she thought that would be the worst day of her life. She was wrong. […]

Review & Excerpt – In the Lovely Backwater by Valerie Nieman @valnieman #YA #SouthernFiction #comingofage #newrelease

    Synopsis   Seventeen-year-old Maggie Warshauer wants is to leave her stifled life in Filliyaw Creek behind and head to college. An outsider at school and uncertain of her own sexual identity, Maggie longs to start again somewhere new. Inspired by a long-dead biologist’s journals, scientific-minded Maggie spends her days sailing, exploring, and categorizing […]