Deborah Grace Staley

Patrick Houston has worked hard to make changes in his life so he can be someone his children and Angel Ridge will be proud of. But Frannie Thompson is back in town reminding him of a time when he'd been out of control and failing the people in his life. Can love and loyalty grow from such a rocky start?

With a nickname like "Candi Heart" and a plan to open a frilly lingerie and perfume shop called Heart's Desire, Lark Hensley knows she may raise some eyebrows by moving to quiet little Angel Ridge, Tennessee. She hopes no one remembers that the women in her family were once accused of being seductive witches by townsfolk, and that decades ago her moonshiner grandpa committed a deadly crime. Lark has questions she can't answer and secrets she doesn't...

Old flames burn the longest. Bar owner Jack McTeer has never managed to get over his high school sweetheart, Sara Vance. Ten years ago, she broke his heart. Yet, every time she crooks her finger, he comes back for more. Because 'more' with Sara is mind-blowing! It's not a great set-up, but Jack can live with the way things are. Until one wild night changes everything . . . For Sara, Solomon's Island is a place of regrets--and loss. So, when she returns...

When it comes to family, love, tradition and pride are a powerful brew . . . The fourth of the Sweet Tea story collections (SWEET TEA & JESUS SHOES, MORE SWEET TEA, ON GRANDMA'S PORCH) treats readers to a panorama of Southern life, both then and now. Family dramas, comic mishaps, sentimental remembrances and poignant choices illuminate these thirteen stories by new and established authors. There's something for every reader: The gritty realism of...

Bad boys are her weakness... Maddie Greene gave into that particular weakness when she was a teenager with devastating results. But she's not that girl anymore. She's a mature, successful businesswoman who dates polished businessmen, but never gets attached. Twenty years after leaving her hometown, Maddie returns to sell her grandmother's home. Here, she'll come face-to-face with a bad boy she can't resist, along with the demons from her past. He's...