Southerner Stories

Bob and Georgia have been friends forever. They have had their differences, but they love each other. They were always there for each other. When Bobby gets back from a mission, he changed. He finally notices the struggles Georgia has to deal with everyday that she hides from him. She loves him for doing this for her but will this put a strain on their life-long friendship? Or make it stronger

From the author of The Boundaries Series comes a new tale about love, forgiveness, bloodshed, and choice. Join Ayla, a Southern girl with something dark in her blood, and Torr, a Northern clan leader with secrets of his own, as they realize the only way to survive is with each other. Druid women, black magic, wars between clans, and a mark that will either mean victory or devastation. There is something dark in the Northern mountains, and it isn't the black-haired beauty Torr is infatuated with. One for a journey Two for a war Three for the girl you knew before Four for a Viking Five for a Celt Six for the dagger in the back of your belt Seven for a sinner Eight for a thrall Nine for the answer to the Northerner's Call. Will you answer the Northerner's call?

My car would be going nowhere. All four of its tyres had been slashed during the night. It had been parked on the street below the block of flats where I lived. This was not the first occasion. The same act of vandalism had occurred a few months earlier. Why did someone hate me so? I had done nothing to antagonise anyone. My only crime was to be me. But it was enough merely to be a Southerner living in Northeast England. As soon as I opened my mouth, my accent gave me away. I was caught in the crossfire of a worsening class war between the London-based Tory government led by Margaret Thatcher and Northern working-class populations she and her cronies seemed determined to destroy.

In the Deep South, where there is still a sense of the frontier in the modern age, there is a town not yet too developed to have erased the lush forests and golden countryside but not too small for the civilized to have their disputes and issues within the myriad factions and inner circles. Still living in his hometown, Leo Dayes prefers the wilderness and the adventures it offers, yet he comes across a struggle long outdating the time when the first settlers set foot on the virgin land. He takes the matter upon himself but being a young boy still growing in knowledge and wisom, he can do so much.

A twenty year old man named Jon Smith was laid off his tractor after he went cow tipping. He had to leave the farm he was working on, and went directly to unemployment looking through advertisement. Jon not finding much goes to find a quiet spot to pray... his favorite spot being a corn field. After his praying, God blessing him with a man named Rodney, a farmer who is looking for someone with a truck and who is strong and willing to work all day. Jon accepts and is immediately put to work. One day working, his eye is caught on the farmers daughter Lindsay, who just came home from Golf Shores. He began to wonder if he would have any chance with her, knowing that he is just some hardworking Redneck and she is a beautiful girl. He thinks of her all the time. Will she ever notice him? Jon one day gets to know her and becomes really close during the hot summer. And realizes how much he really loves this girl. Will he have the guts to ask for her father's permission and marry her. Or will it be the day he remembers that last spring was when he was laid off.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Mr. Darcy does not exist. Many a young woman has spent years looking for her perfect Mr. Darcy, but Kate Thomas knows better. As a 29-year-old recently widowed southerner, she sets off to find herself on the other side of the ocean in the very country where Mr. Darcy's life was penned. Looking only to escape reminders of her heartache, Kate journeys to places she never thought she'd go -- finding faith, love, and family. This is not a P & P retelling but the story of a woman's journey to discover what real love is. An ocean ... it's vast and powerful. The water that fills it can bring death, or offer life. Kate Thomas moves her life across an ocean to conquer the hold of her past and find new life for her future. Not Quite Mr.Darcy is women's fiction with clean romance (kisses only). It tackles forgiving the seemingly unforgivable and the disillusionment many a woman has faced upon realizing that the perfect husband they've been raised to look for doesn't exist. Kate, a recent widow, leaves her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Seeking distance from her past she takes a job in Kingsdown, England, working with a dementia patient in a cottage overlooking the English Channel. What she finds there is much more than she anticipated. Kate learns to find joy even in the hardest circumstances. Available now on Amazon as an ebook and paperback! For the latest check my website: kimgriffin.org