Benjamin Joseph Hayes a.k.a. Granddaddy by Diane Kelly

Hey, there. Good to meet ya. My given name is Benjamin Joseph Hayes, but everyone calls me Granddaddy. My granddaughter Hattie runs the Moonshine Shack. It’s a little moonshine shop in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Prettiest city on earth! You got the Great Smoky Mountains...

Leslie Karst by Leslie Karst

It’s mid-January here in Santa Cruz, California, and a cold drizzle has been falling steadily since yesterday afternoon—much to the annoyance of my Border Collie mix, Rosie, who’d love nothing more than to go for an early-morning walk were she not allergic to the...

Tiffany Austin by T.C. LoTempio

Hello! My name is Tiffany Austin. I used to be a professional chef in what now seems a lifetime ago! An unfortunate set of circumstances caused me to re-evaluate my life, and I returned to my hometown of Branson, Georgia and became a food blogger! Which means, in...

Kinsley Clark by Sherry Lynn

How would you like to wake up to the scent of beach roses and the sound of the waves crashing onto shore along the rugged coast of Harborside, Maine? That’s my office. Pretty amazing, right? I know. I often pinch myself for these blessings. I reside in the caretaker’s...

Myrtle Coldron by Lina Hansen

“Keys, keys, where are the blasted—ah, there.” As usual, they’ve dropped to the bottom of my bag where they’ve gotten entangled in the soggy swimming costume. I fumble the key into the lock, throw open the door, and enter an L-shaped corridor filled with the homey...

Aimee Brent by L.C. Hayden *plus giveaway*

Time crept away from me. I drummed my fingers on the computer keyboard as I sat at the Pyramid Lake Reservation’s only store, sipping a soda, and staring at the blank screen. My fingers seemed to be glued to the keyboard. I ordered them to type something—anything—but...