Steel Magnolias meets Schitt’s Creek with the heart of This is Us.At fifty, Hope Hall has done everything right. She earned a PhD, built a career, and held her marriage together with determination and stubborn denial.When her life publicly unravels, Hope returns to her hometown in Texas, and the loud, loving, opinionated family who never quite understood her. Surrounded by her four sisters, who ma...

She's a take-no-prisoners fireball. He's a sweet-talking charmer. It could be love...if they don't kill each other first.Hotshot lawyer Luanne Price may not believe in happily ever after, but she'd do just about anything to earn her absentee father's love. So when he waltzes back into her life with a plan for her to marry his business associate, she foolishly agrees. But on the wedding day, things go south. Fast. Luanne's desperate to get away, even if that means h...

She’s a good-girl control freak. He’s a bad boy in need of a clean image. Will these opposites attract or self-destruct?Scarlett Kelly is the poster child for responsible living. Growing up as the daughter of the town floozy, she’s made it her mission to be the exact opposite of her mother. So when she wakes up naked and hung over in bed with a bad-boy rock star, she bolts immediately. There’s just one problem: Scarlett’s bedmate is her new husband.Gavin ne...

“This is a bad idea.”“The worst.” He placed his hands under her butt and lifted. “Should I stop?”“I’ll murder you if you do.”Hailey Odom’s life is out of tune. The bar she owns with her father is a Texas-sized money pit that she has four months to save. Her mean as a snake ex-husband is breaking their daughter’s heart daily. And the town of Zachsville hates her guts for something that was only fifty percent her faul...

One night of passion. Two second chances. Three little texts . . .Former child star, Charlie Klein, is in a world of trouble. She's broke, jobless, and no longer famous--except with the IRS. She's ready to run, so an emergency call from Texas is all the excuse she needs to get out of Hollywood. But she doesn't expect to crash into the sheriff of her hometown, the boy she loved and lost. One look at Hank Odom confirms what her heart has always known . . . She never ...

10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At LoveI’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short. When a near meltdown (and maybe too much champagne) lands me in front of an old friend, things finally start looking up.If Mateo Ramirez, personal trainer, self-discipline junkie, and the Inte...

You can't edit a blank page - you must write that first draft. First drafts are the toughest part of the process. They're rough, they're messy, and they're necessary.So how do you keep going when you hate every word you've written?Don't be just another "aspiring author" — it's time to finish.★ In this issue of Indie Author Magazine, you'll learn how to optimize your first draft process and join the ranks of working indies. ★✓ How to conquer the muddy middle ...

After the fires are out, the smoke has cleared, the divorce is over, the widow has stopped wearing black, the sun has risen, the monsters are dead, the world is saved (or destroyed!), the storm has calmed, and the trouble is over……what do you do next?Find out in the first anthology of work by the Pikes Peak Writers. From mystery to romance and science fiction—from heartfelt essays to poetry that moves the soul.We can’t promise only happy endings. Just that moment wh...