MY BOOKS
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Fiction
California Bound
Boxed Series
In 1956, twentysomethings Donna, Betty, and Mary Ann leave Alabama, their goal to reach Los Angeles and work as secretaries. Share their journey along U.S. Highway Route 66 as they travel by car to California. You’ll experience along with them a dream-come-true adventure, unbidden love, misfortune, misunderstandings, and a real live prince-charming fairy tale. All three novellas are sweet romances that involve the pursuits of their southern-bred heroines.
Wait for Me
The West Virginia Mountains Series, book 1
Can Julie, an only child raised with privilege and groomed for high society, and Robby, a coal miner’s son, escape the binds of their socioeconomic backgrounds? Set in a coal mining community in West Virginia in the 1950s, can their love survive their cultural boundaries?
West Virginia Mountains
Boxed Series
Enjoy all three sweet Southern romances in the West Virginia Mountains series. Beginning in the simpler and more innocent times of the 1950s and continuing into the chaotic early 1960s, read about the journeys of Julie and Robby, Loreen and Claude, and Adriana and Patrick. Their stories take you from the hardscrabble lifestyle of coal miners in West Virginia to the affluence of South Carolina coastal living. This volume includes three full-length novels: Wait for Me, Trust Me, and Promise Me.
Caney Creek
Boxed Series
Enjoy all three novels in the Caney Creek series. Follow the Callaway family saga as Jim flees to an imagined prosperous city life where he can make his own choices, ignoring God patiently knocking on his heart’s door. In book 2, Emmajean Callaway’s life plummets from bad to worse. Can big brother, Jim, hold the imploding Callaway family together? And in book 3, Callie faces her lowest moments, and her life begins to crumble. As he’s done with others of his extended family, can Jim help her find peace?
Pathways to Love
Boxed Set
Five complete sweet Southern romances featuring clean and wholesome stories set in the 1950s from the mountains of North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico beaches, from Miami to Birmingham. Stumbling blocks in love’s path include well-intentioned deception, lifetime friendship, unresolved grief, mistakes, and misunderstandings. All this and more in this delightful box set of heartwarming and satisfying happily-ever-afters.
No Matter What: A Sweet Christmas Romance
Standalone novella
Christmas romance stained with secrets! If anybody needs a safety net, Ellen does! She is lonely and vulnerable. David is like wind-blown fresh air over Ellen’s tired existence. Read now to discover whether Ellen shares her secrets with David.
Her Christmas Bake-Off
Standalone novella
Even if Abby wins the Christmas Bake-Off, she loses.
In this 20th-century Christmas love story, Abby Hudson owns a bakery in a small Southern town. But Dave, a newcomer to town, opens another bakery across the street from hers. Will Abby share her secrets with Dave so they can enjoy a romantic relationship despite their business competition?
Christmas Love
Boxed Set
Love blooms against all odds in this trio of Small Town, America romance novellas! Marilyn unexpectedly finds her prince charming, Ellen learns the lonely consequences of keeping secrets, and Abby must let go of her allegiance to the past to claim her happily ever after. All this and more in this captivating box set of Christmas love stories set in the 1950s.
Nonfiction
A reader says they offer spiritual tonic and hope
His Awesome Majesty: Praising God's Greatness
Nonfiction
Whether you’re feeling spiritually dry, or you simply want to spend a moment each day reflecting on our glorious King, this book can enhance your appreciation of our magnificent God. God comes in our suffering and in our happiness, but always “God comes in awesome majesty.” (Job 37:22)
America: Her Hope for the Future
Nonfiction
“Jo Huddleston takes a refreshing and healthy look at the virtues and lessons we learned from our past. The chapters on courage and patriotism show us that we can better understand the problems of the present, and be prepared for the future if we take the time to apply the wisdom learned from our past.” - Bob Riley, former Governor of Alabama
Peace at Christmas: Daily Devotions for December
Nonfiction
God was the first giver at Christmastime. From His heart of love, He gave the world His only Son, Jesus Christ. This book of daily devotions for December can help strengthen your resolve to remember the real reason for the Christmas season.
Writing 101: A Handbook of Tips and Encouragement for Writers
Nonfiction
Co-authored with Vickie Phelps
Do you have questions about improving your writing, boosting your creativity, working with editors, and finding helpful resources? This book will give you an overview of these areas but has enough specificity to be for you a timeless, informative writer's handbook of answers and encouragement. The authors have more than fifty years of combined writing and publishing experience.
Simply Christmas: Memories, Traditions, & Stories of the Season
Nonfiction
Co-authored with Vickie Phelps
This book is an invitation to take a fresh look at the holiday. Vickie Phelps and Jo Huddleston share their thoughts on the season in hopes Christmas will once again be a time of joy and reflection for your family instead of commercialized chaos.