Category: Small Town/Rural Fiction

“Daughters of Green Mountain Gap” by Teri M. Brown

May 18, 2024

The “Daughters of Green Mountain Gap” by Teri M. Brown is a poignant story that spans centuries. Maggie, Carrie Ann, and Josie Mae are the daughters of Green Mountain Gap. Maggie is a granny woman who has spent her life working to heal others from illness and disease. Her daughter Carrie Ann is a nurse who wants to heal others too but is using her formal education to do so. Josie Mae is Carrie’s daughter and stuck in the middle. … More “Daughters of Green Mountain Gap” by Teri M. Brown

“Model Wave” by TK Sheffield

May 11, 2024

When people in Midwestern cities escape to their summer homes by the lake, two things are certain.  First, they’ll be pointing the car north.   Second, they will cherish the peace, quiet, and pine-scented air.  A high-stress situation might involve burning some muffins or getting some fishing gear tangled up.   This is exactly the sort of experience our main character, Mel Tower, was hoping for when she closed up shop and drove to Glass Lake, accompanied by her beloved collie; her first real vacation in twenty years.  This is “Model Wave: Romance, Boats, and Bad Business in the Northwoods,” part of The Backyard Model Mysteries series by TK Sheffield. … More “Model Wave” by TK Sheffield

“A Cowboy’s Runaway” by Sara Van Buskirk

May 4, 2024

Sara Van Buskirk’s eloquent and charming novel “A Cowboy’s Runaway” charts an unlikely connection between a rugged and grumpy cowboy and a headstrong beautiful woman. The year is 1869, in Nevada. Emma is desperately searching for her friend Marie, a relentless search that is proving futile every day. She is also on the run, evading dangerous men who are trying to track her down. Penniless and stranded, she soon realizes that she needs to find some work to sustain herself. She takes up an opportunity to work on a ranch that is hiring. … More “A Cowboy’s Runaway” by Sara Van Buskirk

“On Wahoo Reef” by Tim W. Jackson

April 23, 2024

Disgruntled public relations employee Wally Breight longed to leave behind his soul-sucking 9-to-5 life. The scuba diving enthusiast had visions of living an island life—leading dives, feeling the sand beneath his toes, and becoming a better version of himself. So, when an opportunity arose to purchase a diving business on idyllic Blacktip Island, Wally jumped quickly, making a spontaneous (perhaps reckless) decision to sell his condo, leave his stable job, and have only a small nest egg of savings at his disposal. … More “On Wahoo Reef” by Tim W. Jackson

“Second Hand Rose” by D E Fox

March 28, 2024

“Second Hand Rose” is the debut work of D E Fox, a horror novella starring Abigail Hirst, a reporter who has returned to her hometown of Friendship so she can take over her late grandmother’s antique shop called Second Hand Rose. As Abigail settles into her new life with her beloved terrier Jake, she reconnects with old friends and flames. But she also starts to notice strange things happening around the town as well as within her own shop. People are disappearing and there is something strange about an old wardrobe in Second Hand Rose. … More “Second Hand Rose” by D E Fox

“Little Ships” by Sandra J. Scofield

March 21, 2024

“Little Ships: A Novel” by Sandra J Scofield is an intricately crafted family drama with unforgettable characters trying to find their way in the world. The Becker sisters, Juni and Tilde, are adolescents who discover their mother Karin deceased one morning. They are picked up by their grandmothers the following day, as is Nick, their father, who is beyond grief. They are taken to Oregon, where life is simpler. These grandmothers are determined and compassionate, but will it be enough to steer the girls through the family’s past? … More “Little Ships” by Sandra J. Scofield

“The Root of All Evil” by Kim Carter

March 13, 2024

“The Root of All Evil: A Clara and Iris Mystery” A Clara and Iris Mystery Series by award-winning Kim Carter, takes murder investigation to a whole new level. Book 3 in the series finds the Atlanta Police Department approaching widowed private investigators Clara and Iris with a different kind of case. They are excited to have put their first year of investigating behind them, and now find themselves with a case that has been solved once. … More “The Root of All Evil” by Kim Carter

“The Misplaced” by Terry Sanville

March 11, 2024

The Misplaced Terry SanvilleMelange Books, LLC (2024)ISBN: 979-8886532234Reviewed by Lily Andrews for Reader Views (03/2024) In Terry Sanville’s stirring historical mystery “The Misplaced,” a family is forced to move to the countryside, a land far removed from their city life, due to a terrible sickness that strikes their sole provider. Margaret Colgrove’s father became ill … More “The Misplaced” by Terry Sanville

“Welcome to Bellechester” by Margaret A. Blenkush

February 14, 2024

Recently I read and reviewed the first book in the Dr. M.E. Senty series by Margaret A. Blenkush, “The Doctor of Bellechester,” and I absolutely loved it.  I was so excited to be asked to review the second book in this series and I can honestly say that the author has done an even better job with her second foray into the lives of these characters than she did with the first. With her new book, “Welcome to Bellechester” the author has given us a deeper story, and along with the characters we loved from the first story, we are introduced to so many new and incredible characters. There is so much more to love. … More “Welcome to Bellechester” by Margaret A. Blenkush

“Love, Lydie” by Blair Harton

February 7, 2024

Lydia Ashburton never considered the fight she had with her now ex-boyfriend would be the door opening to meeting a very special guy, Nathan Roth, in “Love, Lydie” by Blair Harton. What she didn’t realize at the time is that Nathan is one of the famous musicians in the band Pretty Rockets Tuesday. When he steps in to help her get away from her ex-boyfriend, their worlds collide, and life will never be the same for them. Then tragedy strikes, and their worlds are turned upside down forever. Now Nathan must deal with the consequences of his selfish actions that one fateful night.  … More “Love, Lydie” by Blair Harton