In Secrets, Snapdragons, & A Spirit, Tina D. C. Hayes takes readers back to the small town of Dixon, Kentucky, where Darci Shelton spends her days running Petal Pushers, always trying to find a way to increase her bottom line. The flower shop is actually...

Gloria Weinberg’s Child of Sorrow is a fictional account of a true story. In 1959, in Clewiston, Florida, seventeen-year-old “Vicki Bayle,” attractive, smart, and dreaming of doing something remarkable with her life, becomes pregnant. By the time her parents learn of her pregnancy, it’s too...

Front Porch Lemonade by JudiLynn Taylor is a heartwarming picture of life in Eubanks, a small southern town. The story revolves around six women who meet on Miss Abby’s porch for lemonade as often as possible and whenever a need arises. They share with us...

“Whatever is in your back cast will be reflected in your fore cast,” Steve explained as he was teaching Josh how to fly fish, but within that simple statement there was a life lesson which Josh latched onto quickly. Lessons from the Creek by Stephen...

Terri DuLong has given her readers a feel-good treat in her latest novel entitled Secrets on Cedar Key. The setting is in the panhandle of Florida, just off the coast on the small island of Cedar Key. Marin has just moved into her mother's house,...

The Surfing Lesson is a short story written by Elin Hilderbrand and read by Theresa Plummer. I’ve long been a fan of Elin Hilderbrand. She has been one of my favorite authors since I listened to her book The Castaways. There have been some that...

Orphan’s Heart by Lori Crane is the life story of Ellen Rodgers. It is 1862 and Ellen is seven years old. Her mother has just died, leaving her, along with her brothers and sisters, to live with Aunt Mary. Ellen shares her feelings with us,...

The Legend of Stuckey’s Bridge by Lori Crane is a page-turning winner. Thomas Stuckey is a killer. It is the only way of life he knows and cares about. He rode with the famous Dalton Brothers, robbing banks, but he was too evil even...

At the dedication ceremony of a new state conservation area, an old Florida cow hunter tells a tale of the early days of settlement and growth in the Stuart and Indian River areas. Relating the adventures of three young teens, the cowboy, the Indian and...

In Alibis of the Heart, Will Woods, a newly divorced lawyer from Chicago, leaves his career and broken marriage behind and goes to Okefenokee County, Georgia. A southern small town sunk deep into the loam and rot of its namesake swamp, Will sees it as...