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Avalee Elvis prides herself with being able to fix just about anything. . . except her past. Unable to put the puzzle of her life together, she pours heart and soul into making neglected places whole again. As the owner of Lowcountry Lost, Avalee spends her days in hot-pink Carhartt overalls and a tool belt reclaiming Lowcountry properties. Making them beautiful again releases the deep sigh that soothes the hurt she holds.

All thirty-four-year-old Mae Van Dorn wants is to live alone, with little connection to the oodles of people who have always let her down. But she soon finds herself living with her estranged brother in a town she’s never been to and working for the founder of the local megachurch, though she’s as misanthropic as they come. The pastor seems to not be quite as Christian as he should be, but the people in his orbit may just teach Mae that the human race isn’t so bad after all.

Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends can't help falling in love with Christmas this year, which they plan to spend celebrating the King of Rock n' Roll at the annual Elvis Festival in Tupelo. The main attraction is an Elvis impersonator competition, drawing impersonators from all over the world to honor the king. But before the revelry can get underway, a priceless jewel-encrusted belt once belonging to Elvis is stolen from its display case, and Sarah Booth and Tinkie are roped into the biggest heist in the history of Mississippi.

The linked stories in Mama Said are set in Louisville, Kentucky, a city with a rich history steeped in tobacco, bourbon, and gambling, indulgences that can quickly become gripping and destructive vices. Set amid the tail end of the crack epidemic and the rise of the opioid crisis, Mama Said evokes Black family life in all its complexity, following JayLynn, along with her cousins Zaria and Angel, as they come of age struggling against their mothers' drug addictions.

Estamos en Irlanda del Norte en los convulsos años setenta. Sammy, Tommy, Barney y Patrick son cuatro amigos de Ardoyne, zona depauperada y de mayoría católica del norte de Belfast. También son «provos», miembros del IRA Provisional que abrazan devotamente la causa de una Irlanda libre y...

Welcome to Sullivan’s Island, an idyllic beachside town just outside Charleston, South Carolina. This serene, unspoiled sanctuary offers tourists a picturesque taste of the lush Lowcountry while the locals enjoy a laid-back, small-town lifestyle. Amidst an eclectic mix of newcomers and natives, lifelong resident and social maven Tallulah Wentworth’s legendary monthly dinners have united an unlikely group of women into the very best of friends.

A small Southern town. An ordinary Saturday night. A little boy disappears without a trace. And four worlds collide. This "neatly crafted story about lives connected and changed by one night" (New York Journal of Books) is perfect for fans of Liz Moore and Charlotte McConaghy. Everyone in...

Sometimes the truth is found in a folktale. An evening of revelry and storytelling goes horribly awry when temptations arise and passions flare. Those who survive are haunted by memories and regrets in this southern gothic tale told across dual timelines. 1932. Cumberland Island off the coast of...

Neste conto de 1895, Kate Chopin retrata a ruína de um mundo composto aparentemente por vidas perfeitas nas fazendas da Louisiana devido ao mistério que envolve um bebê mestiço. A autora aborda o tema do racismo por meio de personagens que agem de forma irracional quando confrontados por situações complexas em termos raciais e pelas suas próprias crenças.

1969. When Mattie Taylor’s twin brother was killed in Vietnam, she lost her best friend and the only person who really understood her. Now, news that her mother is dying sends Mattie back home, despite blaming her father for Mark’s death. Mama’s last wish is that Mattie would read some old letters stored in a trunk, from people Mattie doesn’t even know. Mama insists they hold the answers Mattie is looking for.

Tommy Lee is a rising star of pro-rodeo saddle bronc riding when he wonders if he should trade in his fame and fortune in the rodeo scene for an honest job on the T6 Ranch, punching cows. Following a series of accidents that threatens the chain of command on the T6 Ranch, Tommy Lee finds himself saddled with more responsibility than his young shoulders have ever borne. The voices of the individuals surrounding him echo the voices in his head, some telling him that he doesn't have what it takes to do his job, and others telling him that he's the only one who can do what needs to be done.

When my best friend passes away, her twin brother finally comes home. Regardless of how Silas keeps pinning me with those eyes, or how I can’t breathe whenever he smiles, I won’t forgive how he amputated me from his life a decade ago. If I can make it through the will reading, I’ll never see him again. I’m certain of that. But when the will is read, I can’t believe my ears. Sophie left her daughter for me to raise. But, not just me. Silas too.

When Inspector Duke Dempsey boarded the luxurious streamliner known as The Holy City Express, he expected a peaceful vacation, a brief respite from his crime-ridden beat. But as the train whisks through the scenic vistas, a chilling scream shatters the calm, and Duke is thrust into the most perplexing case of his career—a mysterious double murder. With the clock ticking and the train speeding towards its final destination, Duke must navigate a web of intrigue and deceit. The passenger list reads like a who’s who of global power brokers, each with secrets worth killing for.

Рассказ Коварство Харгрэвса принадлежит перу американского прозаика О. Генри (англ. O. Henry, 1862–1910). Майор Тальбот — закаленный в боях старый южанин. Приехав в Вашингтон, он решает остановиться в меблированном доме, где некогда проживал актер Генри Харгрэвс. Писатель также прославился благодаря рассказам "Фараон и хорал", "Сыщики", "Момент победы", "Закон и порядок", "День, который мы празднуем", "Тысяча долларов", "Багдадская птица" и "Орден золотого колечка".

It's 1957, and tobacco is king. Wealthy landowner Gordon Talmadge enjoys the lavish lifestyle he inherited but doesn't like getting his hands dirty; he leaves that to the two sharecroppers - one white, one Black - who farm his tobacco but have bigger dreams for their own children. While Gordon takes no interest in the lives of his tenant farmers, a brutal attack between his son and the sharecropper children sets off a chain of events that leaves no one unscathed. Over the span of a decade, Gordon struggles to hold on to his family's legacy as the old order makes way for a New South.

"I couldn't have loved it more." --Fannie Flagg, New York Times bestselling author "Sizzling small-town life in the American South with its secret history, vivid characters, and juicy dramas." --Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author Featuring two strong women, mother-daughter...

It's Halloween in New Orleans, and the staff of Bon Vee Culinary House Museum is setting up a fantastic haunted house tour for their visitors. But when flashy movie star Blaine Taggart and his entourage move into the mansion next door, gift shop proprietor Ricki James-Diaz gets a fright of her own.

Jake Wilson is something peculiar in the deep-south Bible belt town of Warner Robins, GA. He's a single pastor. In his early thirties, he's built a large, contemporary church with plans for an expansive building project. His nine-year-old goddaughter, Boston, lives on the other side of the country. When her parents are killed in a car accident, she becomes an orphan, and Jake becomes an overnight father.

Nine-year-olds Max Sassaport and Ruby Johnson are best friends who can't imagine a world where they aren't together. Unfortunately, no one-not their families, nor anyone else in rural Georgia in 1906-wants to see a White middle-class Jewish boy get too close to the Black daughter of a sharecropper. It's only a matter of time before fate will separate the two. And that day comes on the eve of Ruby's womanhood, when a violent act sends her running from her home to the life of a child laborer at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta.

FINALIST FOR THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION "One of our greatest living authors."—Lauren LeBlanc, The Boston Globe Marking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII South, narrated by a Black soldier who returns to Jim Crow and searches for a mythical ideal...