Back to Blue Holly
Back to Blue Holly
Back to Blue Holly
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"Witty, wise, and brimming with romance, Back to Blue Holly is a love letter to community and the irresistible pull of finding where you truly belong. A debut not to be missed!" -Patti Callahan Henry, NYT bestselling author of The Story She Left Behind
Dottie is divorced, depleted, and desperately needs a reset when she returns to Blue Holly, the Quinn family's beloved lake town retreat. She's expecting a warm welcome, a little nostalgia, and a fresh start at her Aunt Lo's art gallery. Instead, she finds the mountain town has a bit of a culture chip on its shoulders, a local busybody is shutting down everything fun, and Lo is fed up and packing to leave.
In a peace offering or maybe a plan, Lo hands Dottie the keys to a condemned Red Arrow hardware store and says, "Fix it up, and it's yours." There are just a few problems: Dottie can't get a loan, is thoroughly over being alone, and has no clue how to use a drill. But inspiration strikes when she stumbles across an old moonshine still, and Dottie decides on a new direction. Blue Holly will have a brewery, and she will build it.
Between small-town politics, personal ghosts, and mysterious forces working against her, it's going to take more than just good spirits to pull this off. But with the help of a crew of determined locals-including the handsome and steady Crawford Woody-Dottie throws herself into reviving the Red Arrow. One way or another, she's about to find out just how much fight-and love-she has in her.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"BACK TO BLUE HOLLY is a sparkling debut. Beth Pride has penned a heart-song to the places that shape us and the natural world that calls us if we are willing to listen. Witty, wise, and brimming with romance, Back to Blue Holly is a love letter to community, and the irresistible pull of finding where you truly belong. A debut not to be missed!"-Patti Callahan Henry, NYT bestselling author of The Story She Left Behind
"It's the rare book that engages readers on multiple levels, but Beth Pride's expertly crafted debut novel, Back to Blue Holly, is riveting from the get-go, with its captivating plot, people, place, and pace. Also? It's somehow both hilarious but serious, romantic yet action-packed, and simultaneously small-town and universal. In short, Back to Blue Holly is, like its protagonist Dottie Hogan, multi-faceted-a gem readers will savor from every angle as they follow Dottie from heartbreak to breakthrough, and from Kentucky to Georgia, where she undergoes an epic rebuilding of herself, her heart, and a beloved local landmark that ultimately unites not just Dottie and the Quinn family, but also the once-divided community at large." -Whitney Collins, award-winning author of Ricky and Other Love Stories and Big Bad
"Beth Pride is a remarkable talent with a voice that leaps off the page. "Back to Blue Holly" is a charming tale of small-town politics, southern roots, and the joy of finding your place in the world. Readers will cheer for this delightful cast of characters, and enjoy every moment of this southern getaway of a novel." -Cynthia Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Starlight Cove series
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