Martin Owenby is forced to face his troubled past when he returns to his small hometown in the mountains of North Carolina after the disappearance of his brother.

Accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother, as she attempts to clear her name.

The works of Thomas Wolfe cemented his legacy as one of the very best of the American Southern writers. Wolfe's largely autobiographical novel features Eugene Gant, who pines for a more expansive life after being born to a father whose bouts of maniacal raving are fueled by a prodigious appetite for drink.

Charles Frazier's debut novel Cold Mountain made publishing history in 1997 when it stood at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for sixty-one weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the National Book Award, and went on to sell over three million copies. Now reissued for its twentieth year, this extraordinary tale of a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the Civil War is at once an enthralling adventure,...

Some men return from war to a life of peace, and some never return at all. Tom Dooley returned from the Civil War and became embroiled in a tumultuous affair with Ann Foster Melton, a married woman. Their affair is openly known throughout the community. Later, Tom becomes involved with two of Ann’s cousins, Pauline Foster and Laura Foster. When it is learned that Tom is about to elope with Laura, who is then found murdered, there are plenty of suspects,...

Nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, Hanover County draws hikers and leaf-peepers every fall. But Michelle White came to die. For days her body has lain in a cabin, her wheelchair toppled over, her hand around her shotgun, and her frantic yellow lab guarding her. Busy with a thriving kennel, an annoying new neighbor, and an estranged husband looking to reunite, Raine makes time to pick up the poor murder scene dog whom she calls Hero....