Blogs in June 2023

Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace 14th June 2023

It’s 1952 in the small western Kentucky town of Paducah and Mrs. Minerva Place would prefer everyone mind his own business, follow the rules, and if dead, stay dead. Nosy neighbors and irritating church members are bad enough but...

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When in Rome 7th September 2022

This novel is not set in ROME, Eternal city but Rome, Kentucky. Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her fans, is burnt out from years of maintaining her ‘princess of pop’ image. Inspired by her favourite Audrey Hepburn...

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Demon Copperhead 6th September 2022

Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can. Demon’s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking ‘like a little...

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The Sisters of Glass Ferry 19th June 2022

Glass Ferry, Kentucky, is bourbon country. Whiskey has been a way of life for generations, enabling families to provide and survive even in the darkest times. Flannery Butler’s daddy, Beauregard “Honey Bee” Butler, was known for making some of...

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Godpretty in the Tobacco Field 19th June 2022

Nameless, Kentucky, in 1969 is a hardscrabble community where jobs are few and poverty is a simple fact just  like the hot Appalachian breeze or the pests that can wipe out a tobacco field in days. RubyLyn Bishop is...

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