Southern Drama

A body in an alleyway. Blood on the accused. Witnesses to the crime. When a sleepy Georgian town is rocked by the brutal murder of the local prosecutor’s son, all the evidence points to one man: Marcus Brantley. His only hope rests in defense counsel, Ryan Noble, drawn back to the town he tried to forget by his mother’s cancer diagnosis. But Noble’s homecoming brings a case that could cost him everything. Unwelcome, outnumbered, and with the clock ticking, Noble must navigate a dangerous game of secrets and lies before time runs out—where hostility lurks behind every corner and he ...

Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their history is recorded in a leather-bound journal that belongs to Jessie Sasser's daddy, but Jessie wants no part of it. As far as she's concerned, moonshine caused her mother's death a dozen years ago. Her father refuses to speak about her mama, or about the day she died. But Jessie has a gnawing hunger for the truth - one that compels her to seek comfort in food.

This is a powerful tale of family, a celebration of decency, and the heartbreak of society’s injustices then that rings true today. ★★★★★ Set in a world where women of the KKK betray their neighbors, where horrors of unscrupulous foundling homes come to light, and buried mysteries are not all that hidden. It's Georgia 1921. Mute since birth, fifteen-year-old Willow Stewart has one task to complete—to leave her Appalachian homestead and find a traveling preacher and her brother, Briar. When a peddler kidnaps her, she escapes only to face an unjust arrest and penal servitude. ...

When tech visionary Julian Yates is arrested for the brutal murder of his business rival, the evidence seems airtight—a damning video, financial motive, and a public feud gone too far. But defense lawyer Ryan Noble knows something’s off. The pieces don’t fit. It all seems too clean. As Noble digs deeper, he uncovers a web of deceit stretching from the heart of Georgia’s legal system to the dark corners of the internet. Behind the scenes, powerful interests are manipulating the truth—and Yates may be just another pawn in a far deadlier game. With corporate espionage, digital ...

“Urban Southern Love Story” In this suspenseful urban love story we are introduced to King, a southern born and bred hustler, who is determined to take the drug empire handed to him by his father into the legitimate world of the music industry. Little does he know that when the streets birth you, trying to leave can be deadly. Then enters into his life the beautiful classy Queen that every King needs. Sloan is a beautiful, college educated, hard working neo soul singer. She has always tried to do the right thing, but when something from her past comes back to haunt her, could it destroy...

A rising star is murdered. A crusader is accused. And in a town built on secrets, the truth is the darkest thing of all. Rosie Beckett had a bright future—a political intern with charm, ambition, and a long list of admirers. But her life ends on a quiet Georgian backstreet, her body found shot and thrown into a dumpster behind a row of houses in small southern town, Brunswick. And standing at the center of it all is Jake Tully. The host of a popular anti-corruption podcast, Tully has spent years exposing the dark secrets of the powerful, earning him fans—but too many enemies to count. ...

A war divided a nation. Love and legacy divided two brothers. In the sultry fields of North Carolina, under the shadow of magnolia trees, Henry and Samuel Beauregard are bound by blood, honor, and a name older than the soil beneath their feet. But when the winds of war sweep across their homeland, what begins as a bond unbreakable by childhood oath becomes a mirror of a nation’s undoing. Henry—idealistic and questioning—seeks truth beyond the boundaries of inheritance. Samuel—proud and unyielding—clings to the traditions that shaped them both. As faith clashes with conscience and ...

Some legacies are carved in stone. Others are soaked in oil, blood, and regret. Spanning five generations of the Chiswell family—from 1845 to the modern day—The Gospel According to Texas is a haunting, literary saga of land, sin, and redemption. When Elias Chiswell abandons everything to chase a new life on the Texas frontier, he believes he’s outrunning his past. But the land he claims has a voice—and a memory. Told in part by Texas itself, this Southern Gothic novel weaves journal entries, confessions, and mythic narration into a sweeping story of faith, failure, and family legacy...

"Defending Alex Murdaugh" Not Guilty by Reasonable Doubt, by Crime and Cask is a deep dive into the murder trial that shocked the nation. When Paul and Maggie Murdaugh's tragic story unfolded, many were left confused as to who did it. In this book, Crime and Cask explores the major pieces of evidence against Alex Murdaugh, and questions what we thought we knew about these murders. His theories use the prosecution's timeline, evidence and testimony from the trial to present you with different results based on real-world thinking and experiments. Crime and Cask made fans with his Murdaugh ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a tense, poignant novel of a boy awakening to his small town’s secrets, “John Grisham takes command of this literary category just as forcefully as he did legal thrillers with The Firm” (Entertainment Weekly). “You can’t help thinking of other...

What do a runaway bride, a free spirit, and a corporate exec have in common? Besides all being down on their luck, Lainie, Jodi, and Becky are Lizzie Cornell's granddaughters. Upon inheriting their grandmother's home and family bait shop, the three cousins return to Catfish, Texas, grieving Lizzie's passing and hoping to find the fresh start they all need.

I should be a glitter bomb of excitement about my college friends getting married. But all I can think about is running into my uber-successful ex and his new boyfriend at the wedding . . . while I'm flying painfully solo. I need a plus one, stat. Enter Raleigh Marshall. As luck (or misfortune) would have it, a picture of me and South Rock High's too-blessed-to-be-stressed football coach accidentally finds its way on social media, making people believe we're an item. Raleigh is hot, charming, and one of South Rock's most popular teachers. The problem is that he knows it.

Once the flashy, successful lawyer known for his in-your-face billboards—IN AN ACCIDENT? GET RICH—Jason Rich has fallen from grace, his reputation scrubbed of its glitz and his life stripped of the people he cares about. All thanks to meth kingpin Tyson Cade. But when Cade is shot and killed in the heart of his territory, things go from bad to worse for Jason as he is charged with his murder.

A young boy dying of a lethal disease... A corporation's greed is the cause... Avery Collins must get justice and possibly find the person who can save his life... Avery Collins, social justice warrior, has a new case, only it's not a criminal case. Not yet, anyway. 7 year old Frankie Jamison is dying, and nobody quite knows why. Avery knows Frankie through Regina, as Frankie is the son of Lorinda, one of Regina's best friends from the street. Lorinda has nothing in her life, nothing but her young son, and now she's losing even that. With nobody to turn to, Lorinda tells Avery her story...

***A novel that can be read as a STAND ALONE. Dive into the heartwarming tale of 'Stepping Forward Into The Past,' where Willie Jr. King and his spirited grandbaby, lil Gert, beckon you to join them on a nostalgic journey to their Alabama roots that's filled with love, laughter, and a heapin' helpin' of Southern charm. After forty years gallivantin' round England, Willie's heartstrings are pullin' him back to Mobile, Alabama, stronger than ever, so he's fixin' ta make the trip across that big ol' pond. He isn't goin' alone, though; his lifelong best mate of over seventy years, Simon Bentley...

Justice delayed is not justice denied... Avery Collins went to prison for seven years for a murder she did not commit. And now her best friend, and Private Investigator, Regina Baldwin, is investigating the case and finds corruption, deceit, sick greed and games at the highest level. The highest level. Little by little, one by one, Regina uncovers the powerful forces behind Becky Whitfield's murder. And, little by little, one by one, Regina, helps her best friend take just revenge on each of these men and women who ruined Avery's life so many years ago. Avery was once an innocent pawn ...

The close knit community in San Miguel de Allende Mexico was plagued by a string of sophisticated kidnappings for nearly a decade. When the police finally made an arrest the townspeople were shocked by who was accused of masterminding the criminal enterprise. It's everyone's favorite neighbor and a pillar of the community, Ramon Guerra. Except Ramon isn't who he says he is.

A week before your wedding is no time for your ex to ride back into town, stirring up trouble. But that’s exactly the predicament Darla McAdams finds herself in. With practically the entire town of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, in attendance, the last place she wants to be is at her grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary party with the whole family, her fiancé and her old flame all in the same room.

Saddle up for a wild ride through the heart of Louisiana’s equestrian world in Lafayette Lungelines by Amy Simone! This dazzling novel plunges you into the vibrant chaos of Southern Grace Stables, where the spirited Zara Bloom is determined to keep her unconventional barn thriving against all odds. With Mardi Gras on the horizon, the stakes are higher than ever as Zara faces off against Trish LaRue, the polished and perfectionist owner of a rival equestrian center. The tension between these two strong-willed women explodes into a head-to-head riding competition that will decide the fate ...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Grisham meets To Kill a Mockingbird. I couldn't put it down." When defending your family means destroying everything you've built, how far will you go? Commander Jake Morrison has spent twelve years running from Mississippi—and he's built the perfect life to prove it worked. Naval Academy graduate. JAG Corps prosecutor. Promotion to Commander at thirty-one. Clean record. No mistakes. No looking back. Then the phone rings at 0200. His aunt, crying. Danny's been arrested. Murder. He confessed. The victim: Their childhood mentor, the one white man in Harmony Creek County who...