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Gatlinburg is known to millions as a mountain getaway for families, honeymooners, adventurers, and those seeking a soulful lift that only the Smoky Mountains can deliver. But long before this charming town was known as Gatlinburg, it was White Oak Flats, which began with Martha Ogle's first steps onto the fertile soil in 1807.What made the people of Gatlinburg so special? What makes their history so meaningful and inspiring? Through exhaustive research, Gatlin's Gateway delves deep into their unique past. Though a work of fiction, the people described are real, as are all major events. Within these pages are historical facts and exact quotes taken from some of the best sources, some from the very memoirs of the people themselves.With writing as beautiful as the Smoky Mountains, readers can step back into the early 1800s to meet Martha Ogle, the woman who started it all - a widow determined to fulfill her late husband's dream of settling in a "land of paradise". Join these early residents as they face the wildness of the mountains, Indians and the Trail of Tears, a radical newcomer in the form of Radford Gatlin, the Civil War, frostbite, tourists, logging, railroads, and other monumental events in American history.The town now known as Gatlinburg began 133 years before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. What began as a humble cabin and farm deep in the embrace of white oaks, became a gateway to an entire way of life.

Cades Cove is a place where the soul knows it is home. An ancient valley in Eastern Tennessee, its mountain peaks saw a successful and industrious society for 119 years. From John and Lucretia Oliver's first steps into the cove in 1818, to its inclusion in the 1937 opening of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this quiet and stunningly beautiful place has inspired many who have vacationed in America's most visited national park.What made the people of Cades Cove so special? What makes their history so magical and inspiring? Through exhaustive research, the author answers those questions and then some. Though a work of fiction, the people described are real, as are all major events. Within these pages are historical facts and exact quotes taken from some of the best sources, some from the very memoirs of the people themselves.With writing as beautiful as Cades Cove itself, readers can step back into the early 1800s to meet the man and woman who started it all. Join them as they face threats to survival, Indians and the Trail of Tears, religious splits, bullies, the Civil War, and other monumental events in American history.John Oliver crossed into the cove in 1818 to achieve his dream of owning his own farm; in doing so, he created an entire way of life.

"Taste it, and man, you got yourself a mulekick. Gets ya just like a mule kickin' you when you're loadin' him up.""The vices of humans have a wonderful flavor to them, but also a violent and sad bitterness that can never be washed away."Cades Cove is known to millions as a beautiful mountain valley tucked within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But before its eventual inclusion in the park's opening in 1937, this stunning place saw a successful and industrious society for 119 years. And in its southwest corner, a suburb cropped up called Chestnut Flats, whose legacy of moonshine and illicit activities would steer the two communities through decades of conflicting ideals, each having vastly different interpretations of the American spirit of freedom.Moonshine has a way of tugging at people's emotions. Some say it's evil, some sympathize with the idea of doing what one wants on one's own land. Some say it's good and even patriotic to rail against the government's taxation; some say it's wicked and wrong. Which is it then? Within the pages of Mountain Mulekick, readers are tasked with the heavy choice between the pull of peaceful and orderly freedom and the equally inspirational glamour of free will; the same choices that faced the people of Cades Cove and Chestnut Flats so long ago.Exhaustively researched and expertly written, all people and major events are true, with historical facts and exact quotes taken from some of the best sources, some from the very memoirs of the people themselves.Just as Oliver's Crossing and Gatlin's Gateway invited you to pull up a chair and stay awhile, Mountain Mulekick keeps you there, urging you to "stop and look around for a bit...lie back on the earth and its soft ridges will fill you with their memories. You will feel it most when the sun hides for another day and the moon nudges itself in for a closer look.

This book is a celebration of the forces that shape us - belief and love, conflict and grief, creativity and nature - and of adapting when life has other plans.

Ryan Shipley wouldn't have recognized his grandfather if they were the only two people in a room. So when an unwanted inheritance lands in his lap, Ryan is overcome with obligation. Does he leave his life as a journalist in LA to run his grandfather's weekly newspaper and revive a dying Ozark town, half of which he now owns?The overwhelming amount of casserole dishes brought to his door, along with being stopped by anyone and everyone to be regaled about the virtues of his grandfather, don't sway him. But when he starts to fall in love with more than just a girl named Olivia, Ryan sees a future there.Change is due for this small town, and Ryan is all in. But when there is talk of a chicken processing plant being built on the outskirts, he writes an editorial in its favor and stirs up trouble. An arsonist and a rigid bigot turn the uproar of the townspeople into mayhem. But it only makes Ryan more empowered to guide the town, and with Olivia by his side, they begin to turn the tide.Charming and humorously thoughtful, Chicken Dinner News is contemporary fiction for open-minded soul searchers that enjoy books by such authors as Richard Russo, Robert James Waller, and Boo Walker.

A chance meeting between a teenage farm boy and a free-spirited college girl in 1967 becomes a love story that underscores the challenges of the time. Set in rural Vermont over one summer, Of Time and Chance portrays the conflict between unquestioning patriots and a counterculture resisting involvement in the Vietnam War through powerful, understated storytelling and finely drawn characters that resist stereotype.

"Three interlocking stories focusing on the residents of a town called Sam Dent, the undercurrent of the Trump movement in America, and a series of local tragedies"--

Det er her han begynder. Igen. Men nu må det også være sidste gang. Med lidt held og statistikken på sin side så kan der ikke være mere end ti, måske tyve år tilbage. På et tidspunkt kræver alderen sin ret og på en dag som ligner denne, hvor himlen er dækket af skyer og uden antydning af at der findes et før eller efter, så ophører tiden med at eksisterer og han har gjort sit.En udbrændt om desillusioneret mand flytter fra det ene sted i verden til det andet i håb om at få lov at være i fred for kærligheden, for selskabelighed, for andres gode hensigter og for deres forventninger. I et forfaldent, rotteinficeret hus i den finske ødemark håber han, at han har fundet sit sidste hjem. Her er så dødt og fremtidsløst, at ingen flytter hertil for at skabe sig en bedre tilværelse. Vil man have sådan en, flytter man herfra.Bogen følger eneboeren og hans forsøg på at afskærme sig fra verden og at finde sig til rette i den skæbne, han har valgt sig. Langsomt begynder vi at forstå, hvad der har drevet ham ud i ensomheden, og hvad det er, han flygter fra.Torbjörn Skog (f. 1960) er en svensk forfatter fra Uppsala. Han debuterede i 1988 med bogen "Godnat Gunnel" og har siden skrevet en lang række bøger, hvoraf flere er blevet oversat til fremmedsprog.

Everyone in the coastal town of Bayport, SC knows Sarah Thorn is insane. Except for Sarah.Guided by her nanny, and with best friend Abby Mills at her side, Sarah is sheltered from the whispering gossip of small-town tongues and enjoys childhood innocence where fireflies race to her and sunsets call out her name. But innocence is no barrier to time, and years later, when Abby is arrested for killing her father, Sarah's stability is challenged again. The gossips start talking. Who murdered Branch Street's notorious butcher? Who cut off the meat freezer's latch? Struggling with sanity on the verge of collapse, Sarah's mind holds the answers that could set Abby free...Long-buried memories... An unthinkable crime...Secrets only the devil should tell. Fans of Prince of Tides and Where the Crawdads Sing will enjoy Whims of God."A heart-wrenching story of tragedy, redemption, and the sacrifices we make to protect the people we love."-City Book Reviews

In Quilting the Loose Edges, Susan Woods Morse honors the travelers and the quilters in her family. These poems illustrate generations of journeys-her grandparents' migration from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the oil fields in Texas, then up and down the west coast to settle in California's San Joaquin Valley, mirrored against her own journey from California to Maine and back west again to settle in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Like a quilt, this collection is a tapestry stitched together-a landscape of the places she has known and the people she has loved. -------------------"Morse showcases a true talent for imbuing the smallest human details with authenticity and layered meanings...both intellectually stimulating and emotionally engaging, written with clear eyes and an open, curious heart." -John Sibley Williams, author of The Drowning House "[W]e can feel the grit, the biting winter cold, the hope for a new spring...these poems form a well-blocked legacy, leaving behind their long threads of forgiveness." -Marilyn Johnston, author of Before Igniting"The poet's relocations and family relationships are necessarily individual, but they connect with a larger story of Americans' migrations over the past century, and their particulars will reverberate with those of many readers' lives." -Eleanor Berry, author of Works of Wildfire "Part memoir, part love song, part elegy, part travelogue, this collection journeys beyond any common foundation." -Nancy Christopherson, author of The Leaf

On Florida's iconic 30A, mother and social worker Vinny Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door.Unrequited artist and newly widowed Lila Beckham has a secret.About the Betancourts next door.Thirteen-year-old left-handed tennis ace Gabe Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door... but he doesn't know it yet.The Betancourts next door have their own secrets and have been a part of the lives of their neighbors for thirty years, but have always remained only on the vacationing peripheral, until now. As they all head toward the end of the era with their two families intertwined, none of them know they are on a crash course, with one force barreling toward them all, one that could blow apart three generations and two families, and the secrets that threaten to break the fabric they've woven for thirty years in the sparkling "Hamptons of the South."

Lori Robertson hasn't set foot in her home-village of Arlochy for most of her adult life. Now a successful businesswoman in New York, Lori has the perfect life - the job and the handsome boyfriend, until everything is disrupted by a panicked yet excited phone-call from her younger sister Tammy, making Lori urgently go home for her sister's suspicious last minute wedding.Once finally back home, she is to face all that she left behind, including Callum Macrae, her first love and best man to the wedding, who never quite forgave her abrupt departure all those years ago.Lori finds herself embroiled in her sister's secrets, causing her to spend more time with Callum, forcing her to confront all she gave up.Can Lori stop running away from her heart and see if second chances really do exist? First book in the Arlochy series

My book could be called comical. It may be controversial. The story line is remembrances beginning in 1948 in my church. The very first time I went to church they were having 'preacher calling' business. I remember vividly the actions and reactions of that meeting weren't pleasant to my young ears. The book comes from memories of mine and the so-called gossip concerning people in church covering most of Georgia. I have had the honor of singing in hundreds of churches and having the opportunity to listening to members in these churches and their local happenings. The names of writing are fictious and have no resemblance to any one person or family. The local church is a hot bed of information. The story lines have been passed on to me through word of mouth. I have picked notes from the so call television evangelist. You read my book and take it as an art form of southern literature and culture of the bible belt.Some of the hilarious things in my life was the incident of the Deacon tossing the songbook at the preacher. Another that caught my ear was the Deacon made operational a liquor still in his hog barn. There are many, many tales brought forth to enlighten you the reader!

Zoey Banks has no problem finding herself in a love triangle. There is only one man that is right for Zoey but she must give up everything she has in order to be with him. The question is, how willing is he to do the same for her? Love triangles abound as Zoey searches for her Mr. Right.

WHAT IF NATURE COULD CURE HERSELF-OF US? Jim Tower's daughter develops a brain tumor following his wife's untimely death. The rancher visits his wife's grave. In a psilocybin-fueled vision, she urges him toward Big Spring. Hans Welker is the family veterinarian, German immigrant, and doting father to a miniature donkey named "Marlena." Dr. Welker suspects a local mine as the cause of the Tower family's deadly trouble. Ian Laney, Poplar Bluff Medical Center's resident neurologist, follows his mid-life crisis toward oblivion. Gambling and sex addiction pitch him into a titanic struggle between planetary preservation and global ruin. Micah Reno, descendant of 18th Century French explorer Philippe Francois Renault, has a problem: the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Micah runs the local Galena Mine and produces lead ore. Between EPA fines and operations expenses, he faces an urgent need to cut costs-but at what final price? In the secret caverns of Big Spring, an ancient entity nears the precipice of species-ending change. Humanity's fate rests in the balance of her patience.All the while, an American Chestnut tree-remnant of a lost species-guards the Tower family cemetery. It waits above Big Spring. But is it destined to preserve or destroy? ¿¿"Matlock's book is a compelling story that grabs the reader's heart right from the beginning. A great tale of people and the land." - Akiva Silver, Author of Trees of Power; Owner/Operator at "Twisted Tree Farm"http://twisted-tree.net "Pulls you in from the first few pages!" - Stacy Jo Huser (Official Title Redacted) https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2276014/stacy-jo-huser/ "Fascinating page-turner! You won't be able to put this one down." - Zoe Dyani, Cherokee Nation https://cherokee.org

The cruelest second chance at love. My soul shattered the day I left the city for a quieter life.Gatlin Falls promised anonymity. A place where I could be just the new girl, not the broken girl.I tried so hard to keep my head down and my walls up.But the thing about small towns is that eventually someone gets too close, and feelings come into play.Dormant feelings.Ones I fought so hard to keep at bay.Cue, Banks Gatlin. The third brother of six and frustratingly persistent.The one that kissed me without an introduction.The one that had my heart skipping and wracked with guilt every time he smiled.And the one that received his second chance at life the day my first love lost his. Your Echo is a steamy, wrenching, frenemies to lovers, small-town romance.The Gatlin Brothers Series will be 6 interlinked books that can be read as complete standalones. *Intended for readers 18+.*Tr!gger warning-self-h4rm and organ recipient.

In this follow-up volume to Big in Heaven and Secret Turning, we see the people of Saint Alexander the Whirling Dervish parish and those around them at their worst and at their best. We see God's grace shining into even the darkest corners of human life. These stories will make you laugh, cry, examine your own conscience, and look at the people around you with a more compassionate eye.

Book fanatic, Peter, opens a used bookstore with aims of literary grandeur but soon finds himself in a mire of bad choices, unreliable characters, and struggling with mental illness.

"With mysterious serial murders putting peaceful Lexington, Alabama, on edge, Jessie and Hubert Wiggins' steadfast calm and devotion to each other reassures everyone that faith will see them through. But Jessie and Hubert have paid a terrible hidden cost to maintain their devout facade and respectable standing. Nothing can allay the guilt they feel--or stop the growing distrust between them ..."--

Fans of Jasmine Guillory and Helen Hoang will adore this irresistibly engaging story of two Filipino celebrities caught between everything they want…and everything they are.How do you follow your heart when it's in two places?Filipino musician and producer Mon Mendoza has been in New York for less than a day. Just long enough to feel like he doesn't belong despite landing a life-changing opportunity. All he can do is set a date night for just himself and some pancit canton. Which, as it turns out, is the only invitation his gorgeous Pinoy neighbor needs…Actress Olivia Angeles can wear a character like a well-fitted dress. It's her real self she's having a hard time fitting into, craving a niche in Hollywood that doesn't compromise her identity in the name of success. And right now, all she wants is comfort in the form of tasty noodles and her outrageously hot new neighbor. One night. Just enough to lose herself in his touch and the feel of his lips…Only their sexy little tryst isn't quite what they signed up for. Because for the next month, Mon and Olivia are working on the same movie. Together. Now they're discovering they have a lot more in common than Pinoyness and sizzling chemistry. But how do you find yourself and your person when you're caught between two different worlds?From showing up to glowing up, these characters are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.Don't miss these other fun titles from Afterglow Books:The (Fake) Dating Game by Timothy JanovskyThe Bookbinder's Guide to Love by Katherine GarberaThe Devil in Blue Jeans by Stacey KennedyFrenemy Fix-Up by Yahrah St. JohnThe Boyfriend Subscription by Steven SalvatoreFake Flame by Adele BuckOut of Office by A.H. Cunningham

A sharp, emotional novel about a tough-minded bar owner who makes a deal with a devil of a cowboy-and might just get burned…Moving to Montana to buy a dive bar with her two best friends sounds like a can't-miss idea to Charly Henwood. The scenery is breathtaking, and the cowboys aren't bad-looking either. Not that Charly's interested. Her heart is as unmovable as the surrounding mountains. After her cheating ex-boyfriend destroyed their relationship and their nightclub, she's determined to take care of herself, her friends and their bar.But it turns out the regulars resent newcomers swapping their craft beer for an extensive cocktail menu. One is particularly not happy-The Naked Moose's previous owner, Jaxon Reed. The last thing Charly needs is a cocky cowboy telling her how to run her bar, or her life. But maybe she can use Jaxon to her advantage. If he'll agree to be the prize in a charity auction, Charly will make the bar a little more cowboy-friendly.When that plan backfires, Charly finds herself doing battle with the biggest temptation in Timber Falls. A man who has made it his mission to win her over, using every infernal means at his disposal. And if her resolve goes up in flames, her heart is sure to follow…From showing up to glowing up, these characters are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.Don't miss these other fun titles from Afterglow Books:The (Fake) Dating Game by Timothy JanovskyThe Bookbinder's Guide to Love by Katherine GarberaFrenemy Fix-Up by Yahrah St. JohnThe Boyfriend Subscription by Steven SalvatoreManila Takes Manhattan by Carla de GuzmanFake Flame by Adele BuckOut of Office by A.H. Cunningham

A witchy, witty, wickedly sexy romance about love, books, friendship and the unexpected connections that bind us together…Bookbinding (verb): the art of creating something magical out of fabric, leather and paper.As a lonely foster kid, Serafina Conte sought refuge in handmaking journals-and writing her wishes within their pages. Now, in the quirky new age store she shares with her two best friends, Sera's intentions have paid off. Her journals are in the spotlight-and rumored to manifest great things. Whether it's witchy skills, real magic or not, Sera's finally ready to be the leading lady of her life story…Until her plot hits a twist.After the death of her mentor, Ford Sitwell, all the loneliness and insecurity of her past returns. The only balm is the box of antique books he left to her. But Ford's suspicious brooding grandson, Wes, is ready to think the worst of her-and get his grandfather's books back! The first part doesn't bother her. The second? Forget it. Sera won't give Wes the books so easily. But it's clear he's seeking something more, an emotional connection no book can replace. So she offers a deal-work in her store for six weeks, and in return, she'll help him get closure by sharing memories of his late grandfather.Yes, Wes seems grumpy, but actually he's hot…and maybe kind? Deep down? And when desire and vulnerability work their charms, Sera begins to wonder if the best stories aren't the ones you intend, but the ones that take you where you least expected…From showing up to glowing up, these characters are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.Don't miss these other fun titles from Afterglow Books:The (Fake) Dating Game by Timothy JanovskyThe Devil in Blue Jeans by Stacey KennedyFrenemy Fix-Up by Yahrah St. JohnThe Boyfriend Subscription by Steven SalvatoreManila Takes Manhattan by Carla de GuzmanFake Flame by Adele BuckOut of Office by A.H. Cunningham

Candy is a vivid and moving story of post-slavery life in the early part of the 20th century. The story takes place on a plantation along the Savannah River in South Carolina. Into the simple lives of the colorful and varied personalities on the plantation comes a visitor from Harlem, sowing the seeds of discontent by holding out glimmering promises of joy and plenty in the North. The leading character of this story is Candy, so forceful and vibrant we cannot forget her. Around her personal loves and hates, her trials and triumphs, the story is woven. The characters are genuine and real and sharply differentiated. Uncle Levi, the eloquent shepherd of the little flock; Sally and Jim, who dance like children in spite of their marital responsibilities. Rose, the gentle housemaid whose man has gone North; Dick Clay, the intruder from Harlem, Coon, the itinerant lover; and Candy herself, whose life binds the story together like a scarlet thread, are living people whose days are filled with work and love and play and bickerings with each other. Candy is strikingly illustrated with six full-page portraits, drawn especially for the book by Rockwell Kent.

A story of family, friendship, belonging and what it means to be human, told from the unlikely point of view of a dog. King, a scarred, mixed-breed dog with five different names under his collar, would never claim to be man's best friend. His humans haven't all been friendly, and so far life's been dominated by hunger, hurt and homelessness. King's created laws for survival, like the essential Law #1: See Food, Eat Food. And when he's saved from a desperate situation by Rose, a fellow hound with teardrop ears and a bark like gravy, he sticks by her side and decides to give up on humans altogether. But a dog's life is not his own, and when he and Rose are violently separated, King vows to find her, even if it means leaving the kind, patient human who's just entered his life. Join King in this heartwarming, thought-provoking novel on humanity, and experience the happy ending that all canines and humans alike deserve.

Health Hireth highlights the fleeting nature of both health and identity, as well as the challenges faced by those who exist on the edges of the healthcare system. Taran Spalding-Jenkin's poetry moves between past and present medical experiences as if existing between here and an Otherworld. Chronic illness, Cornish culture, gender, sexuality, and mental health are all woven throughout the evocative and poignant verse of Health Hireth.

A novel inspired by the original screenplay for the award-winning feature film Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor, about a young trans woman who returns to her family farm in the wake of her mother's death, written by celebrated actor and screenwriter Shelley Thompson. The MacInnes family is grieving. The loss of Miranda has devastated her husband, John Andrew, her eldest daughter, Tammy, and her youngest child, Dawn. Not Donnie anymore but Dawn, like sunrise, who transitioned while her mother received cancer treatment -- without the rest of the family knowing. Now, when Dawn leaves Halifax for rural Nova Scotia to attend her mother's funeral, she knows she'll be meeting her sister and father for the first time as herself. With Dawn's revelation, John Andrew and Tammy find themselves grieving for the son and brother they once knew, while Tammy's fiancé, Byron, becomes an unexpected ally. Between the complicated reaction from her family, unwanted attention from local bigots, and whispers from curious neighbours, Dawn wonders if she can ever really come home. A work of fierce allyship, of enduring love, and of gentle hope, ROAR follows a family through grief and estrangement as they become catalysts for change in their rural community. Told from multiple points of view, with confidence and tenderness, actor and screenwriter Shelley Thompson's debut novel is profoundly authentic, drawing on her own experience as the mother of a trans child and a fierce activist for the trans community.