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I, Everly Townstead, need to stop fantasizing about my brother’s billionaire best friend.Should I have accidentally married the notorious charmer in Vegas? No, because his family is trying to buy my dad’s company.Nothing says trust and unity between two businesses like an (accidental) marriage of convenience, right?3 reasons why I absolutely cannot fall for my fake husband:1. My brother would be furious2. I can’t risk my heart getting broken again3. Cash Stafford doesn’t do serious–everSmart girls like me don’t end up with men who flirt with easy smiles.Men like Cash Stafford don’t ask for forever.Except I’ll never forget he’s the boy I made a wedding pact with when I was seventeen.One drunken mistake later – I, Everly Townstead, am completely hitched. Read more

Some describe me as a quirky, free-spirited journalist who charges her crystals by moonlight.They’re not wrong.My instincts ensure I know everything that goes on in my small town. And not much surprises me. But when the man who destroyed my heart returns to care for his family’s business, I’m shaken to the core.After our messy breakup, Hayden Shaw swore he’d never come back to Valentine, Texas.Years later, I’m still trying to forget we ever existed.Damn near impossible when he’s now everywhere.A constant reminder of what could have been.Rumors swirl about his true intentions, but a little gossip has never bothered me.However, if winning over my heart is his end game, he can hang up his spurs because I won’t make the same mistake twice—or will I?Spill the Sweet Tea is a second chance, hate-to-love you, grumpy/sunshine contemporary small-town southern romance with rom-com vibes and a happily ever after.Each book in the Valentine Texas series is a stand-alone.Warning: this romance book contains tons of southern sass, lots of woo-woo, and small-town gossip! Fade to black and cheating are not included. Read more

Tammy is a hunter. She likes to hunt for deer.And when she plops down at the bar, the fellas all appear.It’s no secret why they like her. It’s just a simple fact.The fellas’ all like Tammy...cause she's got a BIG OL’ RACK!A children’s book parody with adult-humor and a moral at the end of it! Yeehaw! Read more

Fan-fu##ing-tastic! The combination of personal and practical philosophy joined alongside a spattering of professional pedagogy creates a completely original read, unlike anything I’ve experienced. This blend of work with life simultaneously speaks to the teacher-side of me while resonating with my everyday human journey. Tears and laughter, frustration and joy. The experience is one I will not forget. —Mr. John Uhrik, AP English Teacher, Wheeling High SchoolThis book is not really, or at least not all, about teaching. It's about teaching. And it's not. It's about a man's quest to examine his life and to live it meaningfully. It's a model for how we can learn from the most painful and the most joyful moments of our lives and use these lessons to make us better teachers, coaches, leaders, and people. —Mr. Jacob Sweetow, Licensed Clinical Social WorkerHow introspection, philosophy, and heartfelt bullshit can help you reach retirement with your sanity, self-respect, and sense of humor intact.Lessons from a Career Educator: An honest and introspective look at a teacher’s life. From early childhood through his retirement, Burke shares stories and lessons learned that helped him and can help you make it to the finish line. This is not the story of a Magical Teacher. Burke is an average individual working hard to be a good educator by trying first to be a decent person. Most of his anecdotes will make you laugh, some will make you cry (the good cry), a few will make you cringe, but all will make you think. Read more

Benjamin Franklin Award GOLD Winner in Humor. Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere: Tales of Humor and Healing from Rural America is a collection of humorous and poignant stories from a veterinarian in a small, dusty farming and ranching community in rural West Texas. Dr. Brock gives you an intimate look into his small-town and big-hearted perspective on life, animals, and their owners. His unique perspective and tales of doctoring beloved pets, cantankerous livestock, and occasionally their owners will make you smile, laugh, cry, and evoke every other emotion under the sun. Read more

Hay Balers & Holy Rollers is a gripping, firsthand account of a boy born in the 1980s who grew up straddling two contrasting worlds: the rugged coalfields of West Virginia and the rolling hayfields of Southwestern Virginia. Written by a preacher, this memoir is raw and unfiltered, with glimpses of rough language and gritty experiences that reflect the realities of a challenging upbringing.At the heart of this story lies the boy’s profound and often complex relationship with his family, particularly his two grandfathers and his great-grandfather, a wealthy, hardened, and godless man known only as “The Old Man.” Through vivid storytelling, Jeremy, the author, takes readers on a journey through The Old Man’s life of wealth, power, and rebellion against faith, culminating in a remarkable transformation at the twilight of his years.This deeply personal narrative follows Jeremy’s life from his mother’s teenage pregnancy through the trials and triumphs of boyhood, adolescence, and adulthood. It chronicles the lessons learned from rural life, the bonds of family, and the intersection of faith and redemption. Ultimately, the story builds to the emotional moment when Jeremy, now an older adult, lays The Old Man to rest, reflecting on the enduring power of grace and the legacy of transformation.Hay Balers & Holy Rollers is a heartfelt memoir that offers a raw, honest look at family, faith, and the redemptive power of God in the unlikeliest of lives. Read more

'Beth Moran's heartwarming books never fail to leave me feeling uplifted' Jessica RedlandMeet Patrick Cooper– desperately down on his luck, and head-over-heels in unrequited love with his best friend Bridget.Meet Bridget's sister, Emma Donovan -eternally single maker-of-cakes for many a happy couple, whilst never making it down the aisle herself.Emma has four younger sisters, all of whom are married or getting married, and an Italian mother who can’t understand what is ‘wrong’ with her eldest daughter, who seems to be stranded on the shelf. Despairing of her own ability to find a suitable husband, Emma agrees to be part of a compatibility project to get married at first sight.Meanwhile Cooper is struggling to get over his crush on Bridget and seems destined to stay firmly on the shelf too. Perhaps it’s time his fate was taken out of his hands…Is happily-ever-after just about daring to take a chance, or do you need some extra magic to make love last?Join Number One bestselling author Beth Moran, Cooper and the Donovan sisters on this life-affirming and uplifting tale of love, family, friendship, and risking it all for happiness.Praise for Beth Moran:‘Life-affirming, joyful and tender’ Zoe Folbigg'Every day is a perfect day to read this’ Shari Low'A British author to watch' Publisher's Weekly'A wonderfully warm-hearted story full of love and laughter' Victoria Connelly'Let it Snow is so uplifting. It's cleverly written, witty and smart. A winner!' Judy Leigh Read more

“A work of real comic genius. . . . A wonderful, funny, warm, honest book, and, to use a much overused word, a classic.” —Michael Korda, author of Country MattersWhen Betty MacDonald married a Marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need of constant repair, and days that ran from four in the morning to nine at night, the MacDonalds had barely a moment to put their feet up and relax. And then came the children. Yet through every trial and pitfall—through chaos and catastrophe—this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor.A beloved literary treasure for more than half a century, Betty MacDonald's The Egg and I is a heartwarming and uproarious account of adventure and survival on an American frontier. Read more

Picture it . . . Rural Route 52. Terre Haute, Indiana. 1980 something. 20,000 laying hens, 400 head of sheep, three homesteads, ample acreage. A pastoral setting, offering up a myriad of ways to maim oneself—where sensory memories are steeped in an aromatic bouillabaisse of alfalfa bales, sheep dabbles, hint of water mint, chicken dust, dried corn stalks, tractor grease, and Gojo hand cleaner. All served up with a side of suspense for whatever level of endearing ridiculousness each day would bring.Misty Livengood and Marti Livengood Goodwin, sisters just 20 months apart in age—yet now half a continent apart in geography—tell the hilarious yet heartfelt tales of growing up on a working farm in 1980’s middle America. Read on to ride along on this rural rollercoaster of agventure as they relive the wild, gritty, and unforgettable escapades of growing up country. That is, IF you have the stomach for it! Read more

“You can read Michael Perry’s Coop as an outrageously funny comedy about a semi-hapless neophyte navigating the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of the farming life. Please do, in fact. But scratch a little deeper, past Perry’s lusciously entertaining and epigrammatic prose, his ultra-charming combo of Midwestern earnestness and serrated wit, and you’ll find a reflective, sincere, and surprisingly touching-at times, even heart-cracking-story about a man struggling to put down roots.” — Jonathan Miles, author of Want NotIn over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Population: 485 gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.Living in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse—faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home—Michael Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood for clues to how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father.Whether he’s remembering his younger days—when his city-bred parents took in sixty or so foster children while running a sheep and dairy farm—or describing what it’s like to be bitten in the butt while wrestling a pig, Perry flourishes in his trademark humor. But he also writes from the quieter corners of his heart, chronicling experiences as joyful as the birth of his child and as devastating as the death of a dear friend. Read more

Falling for Finn isn’t part of my plan.He’s older, moody, and complains about everything I do.His family flies me three thousand miles out to their orchard farm in Vermont to do a painting for their centennial celebration. It’s an opportunity of a lifetime to do a piece for the Bennetts, but I don’t expect my clients’ grandson to rope me into a fake dating scheme.When his ex-girlfriend shows up expecting to sleep in the cottage I’m currently in, I volunteer to stay with Finn to keep up appearances that we’re together.Except there’s only one bed, and I refuse to sleep on his small couch.As my reluctant tour guide, he’s forced to show me around while pretending we’re in love. Painting is my life and this job will bring me even more in the future, so I suck it up and deal with Mr. Grumpy.And since he’s hell-bent on being insufferable, I won’t make this easy on him either.But then he goes and falls for me, too.Falling for Finn was previously published as “The Fall of Us” by Kennedy Fox. It’s been re-edited and includes bonus content. Read more

For Nick and Lesley Albert, swapping the hectic intensity of modern Britain for the peace of a tumble-down farmhouse in rural west Ireland was like a dream come true. But three years later, with the economy crashing and the house refurbishments unfinished, their plan for a tranquil life is falling apart. Are they in danger of replicating the very lifestyle they had hoped to escape, or can they get their lives back on track? Only time will tell.Chock-full of laughter and with a few tears too, this third instalment of their quirky life in County Clare sees these whimsical chicken farmers forge ahead with the renovations, make new friends, rescue more dogs, eat a lot of cake and dance joyfully, whilst enduring floods, droughts, fire and ice, and debating the curious problem of what to do with 300 eggs. Read more

One of my favorite pets growing up was a raccoon named Bandit. He wasn't by any stretch a traditional pet, but he was by far the most entertaining. The lessons that accompany these stories aren't particularly deep, but the simple truths that I learned from our life with Bandit have served our family well. You might shake your head and wonder how and why our family had a pet raccoon. The short answer ... my eccentric, animal-loving dad, and my incredibly kind and gracious mom. Perhaps the most amazing part is that every story you'll read here actually happened—unbelievably, often unfortunately—it all happened. May you enjoy reading these stories as much as my family enjoyed living them. Read more

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An illustrated look at chicken breeds from A-Z. The author has uniquely captured the whimsical nature of chickens through these fun illustrations and facts. Chicken lovers and friends alike will cluck over this book! Sarah's whimsical chicken art from "Chickens! Illustrated Chicken Breeds A to Z" is now featured on rain boots and shoes by Sloggers.com! Read more

Bird-loving Americans share a common problem: squirrels! These fast, greedy, incredibly crafty, fluffy-tailed rodents pillage birdfeeders before owners’ very eyes. For 25 years, Outwitting Squirrels has been leading the charge to help bird lovers defend their feeders. This classic defense manual for the besieged birder has been fully updated to deal with the more tech-savvy twenty-first-century squirrel. It provides 101 cunning strategies, both serious and hilarious, for outsmarting these furry, but not so cute, creatures. Adler discusses the different bird personalities and the best seed to attract them. He rates birdfeeders based upon how squirrel-proof, or squirrel-vexing, they are and discusses creative antisquirrel structures and devices. Spooker poles, Perrier bottles, baffled fishing line, Teflon spray, Vaseline, water bombs, cayenne pepper, and Nixalite—the author has tried them all, and here he regales intrepid bird feeders with his squirrel-thwarting adventures and misadventures. Read more

Everyone knows that in a fake relationship, you keep it platonic. I knew it too, but I kissed her anyway.From the first moment I met Emma Caldwell, I knew she was going to be trouble. Hot, adorable, complicated trouble. So when she propositioned me—and not the sexy kind of proposition—I refused. Because the painfully awkward woman next door wanted lessons in love.I don’t do relationships, and I sure as hell don’t do love—our whole town can vouch for that. But after what happened with my ex-fiancée, they’ve been eager to see me happily settled down.And that's when Emma sweetened the deal.In return for being her relationship coach, she’ll be my fake girlfriend.I agreed, but with ground rules…No kissing. No touching. No feelings.And it was the perfect arrangement.Until we broke all the rules.Emma wasn’t just in my bed—she was in my head, my heart... making me feel things I shouldn't.Because when this temporary relationship ends, I have to walk away.And for the first time, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to._____The Experiment is a steamy, laugh out loud, fake relationship, friends-to-lovers, neighbors-to-lovers, dating coach, small-town, standalone romantic comedy. Read more

“Each character is lovingly crafted in Gillespie's hilarious, heartwarming, and often irreverent look at senior living in small-town America.~" Booklist (starred review).Is there anything sweeter than late-life love? When a high school reunion comes along, Mavis and Birdie find themselves pining for the same beau. And it’s never too late for Attalee who, in her knee-deep eighties, is sparking on a new fellow. Gracie Tobias has her eye on a doctor, until she finds out he’s a duct doctor. Can his considerable charms win her over? Moons and Junes are the flavors of the month for the Bottom Dollar Girls whose sudden fondness for wooing and cooing finds them in a Dollar Daze. Read more

“I couldn’t help but question how I’d gotten to this strange spot in my life, so far from what I’d expected for myself. Yes, there had been a heady romance a few years back. Then a slew of subsequent decisions, fueled by love and yearnings I didn’t even know I had. But I never, ever would have suspected that this was where the sum total of them would bring me. That afternoon a new doubt dripped into my mind. When do you know, I wondered, whether the choices you’ve made were the right ones?” In 1990, Jeannie Ralston was a successful magazine writer and bona fide city girl—the type of woman who couldn't imagine living on soil not shaded by skyscrapers. By 1994, she had called off an engagement, married Robb, a National Geographic photographer, and was living in Blanco Texas, population 1600. The Unlikely Lavender Queen is the intimate story of a woman who gives up a lot for the man she loves – her beloved blue state, bagels and all-night bodegas—only to have to wonder: Was it too much? Ralston offers a lively chronicle of her life as a wife, new mother and an urban settler in rural Texas. As she labors to convert a dilapidated barn into a livable home, deal with scorpions and unbearably hot summers, raise two young children while Robb is frequently away on assignment, she realizes her ultimate struggle is to reconcile her life plans and goals with her husband’s without coming out the proverbial loser. And just when it seems like she might be losing that fight--and herself-- a little purple bloom changes her life. For centuries lavender has been a mystical herb, so valuable to ancient Romans that a bushel would cost nearly a month’s wages. But when Robb returns from a trip to Provence with a plan for growing lavender on their land, Ralston is not convinced—in fact the last thing she needed or wanted was to take up farming on top of everything else. Then, much to her surprise, she slowly but surely falls in love with lavender, and in the course of growing and selling blooms, hosting the public at the farm, and creating lavender products, she discovers a new side of herself. A few short years later, Ralston had built Hill Country Lavender, a thriving commercial enterprise that transforms both her little corner of Texas and her life. The Unlikely Lavender Queen will resonate with all women who have faced the tough choices that come with “having it all” and secretly (or not so secretly) hoped for great adventure to come along and surprise them. Ralston’s honest, funny, and poignant memoir is a testament to the fact that such adventures await us around every bend in life. Read more