Hushpuppie Autumns

Life is full of possibilities for recent college graduate Autumn Hummel. But the path she expected to take after school turns in a different direction when she receives a mysterious letter. Jon McFarland, a man Autumn has never met, has left her his South Carolina plantation near Georgetown, her childhood vacationing spot. Autumn chooses to accept the inheritance and moves into the sprawling Southern mansion where she meets the house's loveable staff. There's Fanny, the middle-aged gardener whose family has worked at the McFarland plantation for generations and Ian, the maintenance man who moved from the North to embrace a slower pace of life. But it's Autumn's handsome next-door neighbor, Boyd Masters, who captures her attention. Yet the beauty and charisma of Autumn's new life soon fade as one mystery after another emerges, the most important being why McFarland left her the plantation in the first place. As Autumn researches the connection, she begins to revisit her summer vacation memories and soon realizes that before she can pursue a happy future, she must deal with her painful past.

Bayleigh and Jace have tied the knot and are headed on their honeymoon in an epic way: via private jet. They have three weeks to fly to anywhere they want and Jace is letting Bayleigh choose the destinations. From Las Angeles to New York to a tiny little town no one has heard of, they're going to make memories they will cherish for a lifetime. Also available: Part 2 - Autumn Unlocked Part 3 - Winter Untold Part 4 - Spring Unleashed Part 5 - The Beginning of Forever - A full length novel Part 6 - Autumn Adventure Part 7 - Winter Wonderful Part 8 - The Girl with my Heart (a novel from Jace's point of view) Part 9 - Autumn Awakening Part 10 - Winter Whirlwind Part 11- Unplugged Summer ~Also available in audio book, narrated by Disney channel actress Cheryl Texiera!!~ Plus the spin-off series: The Summer Series Summer Alone Summer Together Summer Apart Summer Forever Jett’s Series Believe in Me Believe in Us Believe in Forever Believe in Love Believe in Summer Believe in Fall Believe in Winter Believe in Spring

Get ready to relax, laugh and shed a tear with downhome tales from a modern storyteller with old fashioned values. Award winning columnist Leslie Anne Tarabella draws on her deep faith and mischievous sense of humor to tell stories of raising two boys, dealing with humidity, overcoming communication malfunctions with her Northern-born husband, and eating delicious comfort food. Exploding Hushpuppies contains quick-to-read stories that will lift your spirits, distract you from a stressful world and motivate you to look for the simple blessings in life.

When Barry Meadow decided to take two months off from his everyday life to play blackjack in every Nevada casino, he had no idea what he would find. Leaving behind his business, his fiancee, and his son, he set out on the road with a suitcase, a tape recorder, and $8,000 on the trip of a lifetime.He ran into cowboys and Indians, suffered the Stardust curse, split 10s in Winnemucca, and learned more about real-world gambling than anyone should have to know.With wit and wisdom, Meadow takes you on an incredible journeyliterally, figuratively, even spirituallyall within the context of a professional blackjack player's remarkable way of life.Gambling lessons, life's lessons, Nevada geography lessonsthis one's got it all. One of the most highly acclaimed gambling books in the past half-decade.

Bree Principal and Linda Morton have sacrificed theirpersonal lives for career and family. Now, in her late sixties, Bree is forcedto return to her hometown in East Texas, where she begins to discover thingsabout herself she has refused to acknowledge for fifty years. Do both she andLinda—who is finally out and proud—have the courage to claim the type of lifethey’ve never allowed themselves to embrace?

An elderly woman's memorial service triggers an avalanche of memories for Kerry Waite. Her tragic history with her first love, Tom, haunts her days and keeps her husband, Charles, at arm's length. As the memories carry her on a journey back to Tom, she's forced to confront how her mistakes and obsession with the past are eroding her marriage and life in the present. Can Kerry finally let go of her past and love the man who's been standing beside her the whole time?

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