Appalachian BooksAs you may know if you follow my blog, I...

Appalachian Books

As you may know if you follow my blog, I grew up in the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains, and my parents came from deep within them. So, it was natural that the first books I published were set there. The Appalachian Roots series of four books include Cleared for Planting , Sown in Dark Soil , Uprooted by War , and Transplanted to Red Clay . Each book can be read as a standalone, but it is a family saga, so if you read more than one, you'll want to read them in order.

Mountain Mishap is a standalone set in the North Carolina mountains and one of my best-selling novels of all time. In it, Anna Allen, grew up in theCharleston Orphan House and ends up marrying a man from the Appalachian Mountains. However, life with Elbert Ramsey andhis father turns out to be miles from her dreams. In 1851, Levi West decides to visit his brother in the Appalachian Mountains and finds he loves the area. When a hunting accidentendangers his life, help comes from an unexpected source. Dare he hope for afamily of his own, or will another woman just disappoint him again?

Three of my books in the Idioms & Cliches series are at least half set in the Appalachians. Again, these are in a generational series, but any of them can be read as a standalone.
In  Going the Extra Mile , Aaron Johnson takes his siter back to her home in Trade, Tennessee, he gets caught in a blizzard in the Appalachian Mountains on his return trip. finding a remote cabin, he arrives frostbitten and in need of care.
Meghan Scott lives with her harsh uncle, but he's been missing for days. When a nearly frozen stranger comes to their cabin in a snowstorm, she reluctantly takes him in. However, she soon learns she has nothing to fear from the kind man trained to be a pastor, except maybe losing her heart and her reputation from harboring him. But when her uncle turns up dead, everything becomes complicated.
When Emily Rose Howard took in four goats in  Got My Goat , she didn't know she was getting more than she'd bargained for. However, life gets even more complicated when her neighbor's son brings his army buddy home for a visit after the Civil War ends, and her art professor shows up too. But life has never been easy in the Appalachian Mountains, and Emily Rose is determined to face her problems with faith and determination the way she always has.
Taking Stock features Gage Bradford, who meets Allison Johnson soon after he graduates from law school. Theirs was a whirlwind romance.He had fallen hard and fast and wooed her with all the charm he could muster.In a month, they were engaged, and in six weeks after that, they were married. Movingto Washington, D.C., he set up his law practice and soon moved up the ladder of success. But when the stock market crashes and he loses everything, they move to herinherited farm in the Appalachian Mountains. Now, instead of Allison feelingout of place in high society, he was inept and out of his element in a remotemountain cabin. However, it turned out to be a learning experience in more waysthan one, and he would change more than he ever imagined.
I enjoy writing about the Appalachian Mountains. My husband jokingly calls them "his mountains." I have at least three more books set there coming in the next two years. I hope you will check them all out.

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