Carolina by County

Brunswick

River to Pickle Beach  by Doris Betts
Award-winning novelist Doris Betts's probing look at life in a small North Carolina town richly evokes the summer of 1968. A moving, sometimes startling portrait of people grappling with change and their need for love, The River to Pickle Beach pulses with the reality of the contemporary South.

Buncombe

Evensong by Gail Godwin
Narrates the life of a young female Episcopal priest in High Balsam, a small, economically distressed Smoky Mountain town, which is shaken up by the arrival of three strangers.

Carteret

The Big Beautiful by Pamela Duncan
At the age of 40, Cassandra Moon finds herself stuck on a North Carolina interstate in a "borrowed" limousine, having left the only man who has ever asked her to marry him on their wedding day, an experience that leads her to a life-changing journey of self-discovery.

Chatham

Silk Hope, NC by Lawrence Naumoff
When irresponsible, irreverent Frannie and her sister Natalie inherit the old house in Silk Hope, Frannie discovers a desire to lead a good life and finds sustenance to carry them into the future among the forgotten virtues of the past.

Clay

The Valley of Light by Terry Kay
Haunted by memories of the Second World War, veteran Noah Locke impresses the locals of his new North Carolina lake community home with his near-mystical fishing capabilities and is drawn into the lives of his neighbors.

Craven

Blues From Down Deep by Gwynne Forster
Arriving in North Carolina to meet the extended family she never knew she had, Regina Pearson finds her dreams of a warm, loving family shattered when she is unwittingly pulled into the pain, secrets, and betrayals that have plagued this family for years until she meets a special man who shows her the true meaning of family and love.

Durham

Holy Ghost Corner by Michele Andrea Bowen (Inspirational)
Savvy 40-something businesswoman Theresa Hopson just can't figure it out. She’s a successful businesswoman, has stayed strong in her Walk, and she lives by the high standards she's convinced she needs to succeed. Yet Theresa can't find the kind of strong and centered mighty man of God she'd want to marry.

Forsyth

The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living by Martin Clark
A down-and-out judge finds his world turned upside down by an attractive young woman whose brother is in his court on petty drug charges.

Guilford

The Arms of God by Lynne Hinton
When the mother who abandoned her at age four suddenly reappears in her life and then just as promptly passes away, Alice, a grown woman with a daughter of her own, searches for answers and learns important truths about the desperation and courage of her mother's life.

Hyde

Beachcomber by Karen Robards
Taking the summer off from a high-stress job, Christy travels to a cozy Carolina beach where she falls for a handsome drifter, but when she realizes that the women in a string of killings all resemble her, she fears she may be next.

Madison

The World Made Straight by Ron Rash
In an Appalachian community haunted by the dark legacy of a Civil War massacre, young Travis Shelton struggles to overcome the corruption of the present and the dark influence of Carlton Toomey, a local marijuana grower.

Mecklenburg

Pretty Poison by Joyce Lavene (Mystery)
When Peggy Lee, a botanist, the owner of The Potting Shed and an occasional sleuth, stumbles upon the body of Mark Warner, the richest man in town, in her seasonal display, she must weed through a colorful cast of characters to catch a killer, while befriending a Great Dane and a sexy veterinarian.

New Hanover

What Lies Buried by Dewey Lambdin
In pre-Revolutionary Wilmington, North Carolina, nothing is as it seems. Respected political leader Harry Tresmayne has been found murdered beside a lonely road in Cape Fear, and the more his friend Matthew Livesey uncovers about Harry's private life, the more he finds motives for murder.

Orange

A Killer Collection by J.B. Stanley (Mystery)
Molly is a writer for Collector's Weekly magazine. Her new assignment: cover the kiln opening of a rising star in Southern pottery-making. No one worth his weight in clay would miss it. That includes George Bradley-Staunton, North Carolina 's most obnoxious collector. Pity he should drop dead so soon after the festivities.

Rowan

The King of Lies by John Hart
When his father is found murdered, the investigation into the crime uncovers dark family secrets that threaten to unravel the life of North Carolina lawyer Work Pickens and those of his troubled sister and other small-town characters.

Wake

Have You Seen Her? by Karen Rose (Romance)
Special Agent Steven Thatcher, a widower, searches for a serial killer preying on the teenage girls of a small town and finds himself falling for his alienated son Brad's teacher, Jenna Marshall, unaware that the twisted murderer has now set his sights on Jenna.

Watauga

The Fugitive King by Sarah Shaber (Mystery)
When the skeleton found in an old pickup truck is identified as Eva Potter, a woman whose alleged killer, Roy Freedman, has been in prison for more than 40 years, Professor Simon Shaw uses his training as a forensic historian to clear Freedman's name.