Rural Fiction

After his father’s retirement, Elia Montalto took over organized crime in King’s Trace, Maine. His pragmatic nature makes him popular and allows him to strike alliances with government officials, which keeps prying eyes off his business. But even a town as small as theirs is not without risk or envy, and Elia has only ever really wanted one thing: Senator Harrison’s daughter.

High up on a mountain, young Clay-Boy Spencer joins his father and eight uncles to hunt the mythical white deer. What he finds on the mountainside changes his life - and marks him for a special destiny. Years later, Clay-Boy is the first in his family to get the chance to go to college; but success as an adult is much more complicated and bittersweet than the legendary success of Clay-Boy’s childhood quest.

After my marriage crumbles, I run from the scrutiny of my suburban Stepford-wife life to my hometown of Balsam Ridge, Tennessee, with my son to pick up the pieces. The small mountain town offers plenty of opportunities for a fresh start: genuine friendships, reconnecting with my mother, and even finding work with the biggest family in town, the Tuttles. It was only supposed to be for the summer, and catching feelings for someone wasn’t part of the plan, but with his quiet confidence the sexy as sin Graham Tuttle has broken down all my walls.

A clean Amish romance collection about belonging, faith, and the choices that shape a life. Iris is becoming part of a world that is testing her in ways she never expected.

He's a billionaire hiding at my bed-and-breakfast, pretending to be ordinary. I'm the woman who fell for every pretty word… Carter Banks shows up at my struggling beachside B&B looking for a place to disappear for the summer. I accept his reservation because we need the money. As it stands, I have three months to save my family's legacy and no time for distractions. But the chemistry is off the charts, and we can't get enough of one another. Between late-night meetups and early morning coffee runs, I'm falling for a man who feels like home.

I'm a man who knows what he wants, and I knew within minutes of meeting Darcy that I wanted her. She's the real-life version of my dream girl. So what if she's married to a former friend? He certainly doesn't deserve her. But I do. Nothing can stop me from claiming not only her, but also six-week-old Owen. In exchange for a debt, her husband agrees to skip town and never return, allowing Darcy to start rebuilding the life her husband destroyed… one with me by her side.

Kelly Roberts finds refuge in the rugged and remote cattle country of Northern Australia, but when tragedy strikes, she is forced to find a new life for herself and her children outside of Rainsford Station. She retreats to the family’s only asset - a freehold block of land owned jointly by her eccentric father-in-law, Quinn. In the valley at Evergreen Springs, Quinn hopes the fractured family might all come together to start over again.

Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie...

'I've never felt so at home in all my life. Ireland isn't just in my blood; it's in my heart. But I was mistaken if I thought this safe haven could erase my past . . . ' When Marian Fleury finds a love letter hidden in her husband Theo’s belongings, her heartbreak puts her on the first plane...

REDWOOD CURTAIN RISING is an emotionally resonant novel about chosen family, healing, and the courage it takes to write a new life chapter at any age. Sometimes it's only when everything shifts that we begin to see our lives clearly. In the remote and rugged beauty of California's Humboldt County, three women meet at the exact moment their worlds are about to change. Keisha, in her late thirties, has spent years avoiding questions surrounding her identity and heritage, until those questions become impossible to ignore.

Four lifelong friends reunite on the sun-drenched shores of Key West, each carrying dreams, regrets, and the hope of starting over. Between salt air and paintbrushes, new beginnings and old wounds, they rediscover what it means to truly come home—to themselves and to each other. But on this island where storms brew as quickly as sunsets fade, second chances don’t come without a little thunder. Kokomo Drive is a heartwarming and heartfelt novel about enduring friendships, unexpected love, and the unshakable power of second chances.

The arrival of novelist Kate Hardy at the lovely Dower House in Old Quinings, with her staunch ally and housekeeper Martha, has the whole village talking. Though welcomed warmly by Richard Morven at the Manor House and the charming, widowed Mrs. Stack, Kate likewise finds herself taken for a witch and is then one of the targets of a poison pen campaign - not to mention the rumours that her new home is haunted by its past inhabitant.

Isabel hates Christmas. She’s got a Christmas disaster for each of her 25 years. When her boss sends her from the sun-kissed beaches of Australia to snowy small-town Wyoming, it’s just another thing to add to her "do not like" list. Snow sucks. Christmas sucks. And cowboys suck most of all. Except, maybe, for one.

When Gus Shepard’s quiet artistic life is upended by his mother’s death in 2003, he’s sent to the rural town of Livingston, Montana, to live with his estranged woodworking father. For Gus, it’s a place filled only with grief, painful childhood memories, and too much sawdust—until he meets Bridger Owens, a local skateboarder with a rebellious streak.

After landing a major cookbook deal, star food-blogger Tash Ranger swaps city life for the family farm. But Tash's homecoming is bittersweet, for now she can no longer avoid seeing her best friend Maddy, who was severely injured in a riding accident. When Tash returns to Castlereagh Road with her joy and boundless appetite for life, he realizes finally what his loved ones have been trying to tell him for months – that Maddy wouldn't want him to throw his life away.

With Holding Lies, John Larison takes us deep into a thriving subculture of the Northwest, one born of the ferns and firs, rain and hot-springs, firebombs and whitewater. He takes us even deeper into the troubles of Hank Hazelton, a 59-year-old river guide, as he struggles to reconnect with his only daughter after a 14-year estrangement. His failure as a father haunts him, along with other deep regrets, tragedies, and longings. In the days before his daughter's arrival, Hank discovers a drift boat stranded below a rapid, empty except for a long smear of blood on its seat.

A completely gripping and unforgettable story of long-lost family secrets and forbidden romance that will whisk you away to the beautiful village of Sandy Cove on the west coast of Ireland. When Laura inherits a small cottage from a friend who was like a mother to her, she wonders whether this...

Breaking into the fly-fishing world on one of the most prolific rivers in the Lower Forty-Eight is tough for a woman. Finding peace and learning to forgive can prove even tougher, especially when hurting the one you love muddies the waters. Rose Marie Davidson grew up as an outdoorsy little girl, always wanting to please her father by catching more fish than her older brother. As an adult, she has learned about fly-fishing and is pursuing her dream of becoming a professional guide in Craig, MT, where she takes folks fishing on the world-renowned Missouri River.

The Book of Job–A Modern Retelling by W. Sumner Davis is a literary and psychological reimagining of the ancient Biblical story, relocated to the harsh and weathered coast of Maine. Rather than kings, deserts, and ancient cities, this version unfolds among fishermen, storms, grief, and the quiet endurance of ordinary people facing unbearable loss. At its center is Job Thorne, an aging fisherman whose life is shattered by tragedy, illness, financial ruin, and the slow unraveling of everything he once believed gave life meaning.

In Paul Doiron's riveting novel Widowmaker, Game Warden Mike Bowditch is on the trail of a ruthless vigilante amid the snow-covered mountains of Maine When a mysterious woman in distress appears outside his home, Mike Bowditch has no clue she is about to blow his world apart. Amber Langstrom is...