Heartache in the Southern Hills

Southern Christmas Novel

It's November of 1965, and Ruthie's life in the tiny Appalachian Mountain town of Dry Falls, NC, is always challenging. Still, when Christmas rolls around, she's determined to make it memorable for her children and neighbors at Holiday Hill Travel Park.
In desperation, Ruthie takes her best friend Leona's advice and writes...

From drinking and running away from her problems to finding redemption, healing, forgiveness, and independence, Ethel Mae’s life takes a dramatic turn in 1950 as she embarks on her last train ride.

Facing yet another failed marriage, despite harsh judgment from family and community, she drops her children off at her mama’s small mountain farm one...

Caught between true love and expectations, Only Neva Knows is a tale of true love, struggle, hard choices, and heartaches in a small mountain town in 1920s Appalachia.

Neva always longed for a life beyond the hard-scrabble existence her mama and sister Berthie settled for on Mossback Mountain. Still, as a young widow with three children, she felt...

Is it so much to ask to be allowed to die in peace?” Berthie’s plea echoes through the quiet room as she lies on her deathbed, eating cold beans and wishing her life was already over.

She can’t help but think of Mick, the love of her life, and their twisting story. She’s loved him since childhood when she dreamed of how they would make their life...