Small Town & Rural

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival....

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual as they come....

Knox lives alone, and he likes it that way. Unfortunately, runaway bride Naomi is about to have her life implode on his doorstep.

Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway, she’s pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvin Wells....

Set amid Colorado’s wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter....

The year 1996 was the one that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at 16 to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind - until she met Bryce Trickett....

People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink....

A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust....

The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author brings her Nantucket novels to a brilliant finish: when rich strangers move to the island, social mayhem and a possible murder follow....

In the highly-anticipated sequel to the national best seller The Life We Bury, Joe Talbert returns to investigate the murder of the father he never knew, and to reckon with his own family's past....

Hear this history-making serial novel - from cliffhanger to cliffhanger - in its entirety. When it first appeared, one volume per month...

He proposed . . . and I said yes. Normally a jovial occasion for a couple in love, but this proposal has a very different feel. Because the man that I'll be calling my husband blew into town with one thing on his mind . . . to make my life a living nightmare....

The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything - everything except books, that is. Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. She's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else....

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938....

From bestselling author Kelly Irvin, the compelling Every Amish Season novels are now available in one audiobook collection....

Jess Metcalf is perfectly content with her quiet, predictable life. But when her beloved grandmother passes away and she loses her job at the local library, Jess’ life is turned upside down....

Minnesota, 1977. For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it’s not all fun and games....

Revisit the packhorse librarians of Kentucky with this stunning companion to the New York Times best seller The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek....

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grief and a woman with the power to help them through it—or stand in their way....

She’s just the girl next door. Fine, the frustratingly hot girl next door. But Audrey is all sunshine and her goofy dog isn’t any better. Josiah is too stoic. Too solitary. Too guarded. He doesn’t need a woman in his life, especially one who threatens to crack his heart wide open....

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables...before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the 19th century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert....

Sasha Whiskey is done being the good girl. She's ready to wrangle in the one man not looking to be caught and give him a taste of Whiskey. With any luck, one taste wont be nearly enough. Come along for the steamy, emotional ride in this forbidden single-father, friends-to-lovers, workplace romance.

When life took an unexpected turn, I decided to get out of New York for a while. What better place to go than the idyllic small town my father spoke about so fondly when I was growing up? Laurel Lake held the title America’s Friendliest Town for seventeen years running....

Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step....

In the romantic tradition of Dear John, an injured Navy doctor meets two extremely important women whose secrets will change the course of his life in this number one New York Times best seller....

Searching for meaning in her Montreal life, Marthe begins an intense friendship with an older woman, also from Newfoundland, who tells her a story about purpose, about a duty to fulfill. It's back home, and it goes by the name of Jane. Marthe travels back to a small community on the island with the older woman to continue the work of an underground movement in 60s Chicago: abortion services performed by women, always referred to as Jane. She commits to learning how to continue this legacy and protect such essential knowledge.

He left town, left me broken hearted and PISSED! Now, the boy who broke my heart wants to make amends—but I don’t know if I can trust Jesse Whitmore with my heart again. We are both back in Branson, working together, and sparks still smolder between us. I see the changes in Jesse. I see the honorable man he’s become. But caring for my dying father and facing the man that broke my heart is a lot of emotion for me to deal with. One day I am ready to take a chance, the next I am pushing him away. The wounds never fully healed, the anger never went away—but neither did my love for him. ...

I move to Branson to be on my own, and end up with a billionaire, fake fiance. I'm excited to leave the rodeo life and drama behind and move to Branson. I find a perfect job in a perfect town, where I can disappear. Until I crash my car into Raylan Whitmore. Raylan and his brothers ARE Branson’s drama. Bad boys with reputations of leaving broken hearts wherever they go. When my ex finds me at work, Raylan steps in and claims to be my fiancee to protect me. I begin to see he has redeeming qualities beyond his good looks and rock hard body. As I am forced into the spotlight and Raylan’s ...

Tattooed and troubled are not the top qualities I am looking for in a man, but that is exactly what I found… Luke Whitmore, youngest of the billionaire Branson Brothers, is a troublemaker—just ask anyone in this small town. When an injured horse forces us together, we butt heads right away. But soon, his unexpected sweet side reels me in. The way he cares for the horse; I can’t help imagining him caring for me and my baby the same way. But Luke has a seedy past and his friends from that life won’t let him forget it. Can I have that kind of man around me and my baby? Can he leave his...

The last thing I need is another playboy to break my heart, but he is all I want… I am starting fresh in a new town. It’s the first day on the job and nothing is going right. Then I see Wyatt Whitmore. A quiver goes through my entire body as his eyes meet mine and he gives me a sexy smile. I know his type- rich, sexy, handsome, and definitely in love with himself. Everyone I know in Branson has warned me to stay away from Wyatt. But our chemistry burns hotter than the Ozarks in July, and I can’t tear myself away. I’m falling hard for this irresistible playboy and his ragtag pack of ...

Traveling nurse Bellamy Chase is only back in Eden's Ridge for the reading of her great aunt's will, then it's back to work in Savannah. The last thing she expects to find when she stops to assist at an accident scene is her globetrotting best friend who's been gone for years. Five years and thousands of miles haven't dimmed the attraction Graham Northrop feels for his best friend, and he's through running. That he made it in time to back her up against her hateful, money-grubbing family was just a bonus.

Rabbi Heidi Gold is ready to bless her best friend's big day and, at the same time, duck her mother's match-making missiles. But the she looks across the room and sees heaven personified in a handsome stranger. Pastor Sam White, dedicated heart and soul to his calling, never imagined his faith being tested by a stunning Rabbi. Yet, there's Heidi, making him wonder if perhaps there's room for one more in his heart.

Taylor Hunt is all in for the Army life, craving adventure and eager to prove herself. But Anchorage? It's hardly the adrenaline-charged backdrop she had in mind. Enter Noah Rockwell. He's the epitome of laid-back, content with his retail job, quality time with his cat, and his uncomplicated single life.

Josephine Hannah, Hollywood's sparkling gem, might dazzle on screen, but off-camera? She's more tongue-tied damsel than daring diva, especially with those pesky paparazzi flashing in her face. Enter Dan Rockwell: not an action star, but a real-life, pulse-pounding firefighter-paramedic. His world doesn't have room for scripts - every day is a high-stakes improv scene. So, when a twist of fate (and an ankle) throws Josephine into Dan's dashing arms, both are left wondering if this unexpected pairing is the plot twist they've been waiting for.

Merry Noel is a busy woman with no time or patience to celebrate holidays. But when she's fired after going berserk at the office Christmas party, she goes back to Wisconsin to visit her mom for the first time in years.

Raising a family was always Adam Mills’ dream, although solo parenting and moving back to tiny Garnet Run certainly were not. After a messy breakup, Adam is doing his best to give his young daughter the life she deserves. Even if this means accepting help from their new, reclusive, neighbour to fulfil her Christmas wish.

Two places I never thought I'd be: a church and my little brother's funeral. I was the one who was supposed to die first. Not Hayes. He hadn't chosen my path. I took lives but Hayes had wanted to save souls. Yet here I was drinking from a flask, around people that hated me, unable to take my eyes off the fiancé he'd left behind.

Connie Mulligan, daughter of a fourth-generation Tasmanian dairy farmer, feels like she doesn't belong–anywhere. She's got big dreams and big ideas, but she made a mess of her university degree and has been sent home in disgrace. The man who was responsible for her failure won't get out of her nightmares, her father won't listen to any of her ideas on how to make environmentally positive changes to the way the dairy farm is being run, her mom thinks she should go on anti-depressants, and she keeps having what her psychologist calls 'episodes'.

Sadie Barnhart, a tenacious dancer longing for the limelight of Broadway, discovers that sometimes, the path to success leads back to where it all began. When her beloved grandparents need her help, Sadie must return to her hometown of Fontana, Kansas. Guided by her unwavering determination and the memories of her late parents, she sets off on an adventure to save her family farm that will change her life forever.

When Daisy, a paintress at the local pottery, looks out across Poole Harbour, waiting for the ‘little ships’ to bring the retreating soldiers home from Dunkirk, she prays her husband will be among them. But Alfie is declared missing, presumed dead, and Daisy must learn to live as a widow. Then a chance encounter with a French soldier throws Daisy’s life even further off course, with heartbreaking consequences that will span generations.