Back to Blue Holly | Beth Pride

An expertly crafted debut novel...riveting from the get-go...Both hilarious but serious, romantic yet action-packed, and simultaneously small-town and universal." -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." -Cynthia Ellingsen, bestselling author of the Starlight Cove Series.

LIKE ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, REBUILDING A LIFE RARELY STICKS TO THE PLAN.

Dottie is divorced and depleted when she ditches her Louisville home, loads up her dog and four Hefty bags of clothes, and heads back to Blue Holly and the Quinn family lake house, where the promise of family and a gallery job beckon her like a moth to a flame. She arrives to find her childhood sanctuary has a massive culture chip on its north Georgia shoulders and Aunt Lo has lost her feud with Fannie Fraser and the Citizens Against Virtually Everything, closed the gallery, and is packing to leave.

Before Lo goes, she gives Dottie the keys to the Red Arrow, a condemned hardware store, and says if Dottie fixes it, she can keep it. Dottie can't get a loan, is sick of being alone, and knows nothing about using a drill, but when she spots an old moonshine still, she decides on a new, if dissonant, direction in an evangelical town with little taste for liquor and tourism. Dottie and a relatable cast of damaged characters, including the handsome Crawford Woody, unite to fight against time and undeniable forces to transform the Red Arrow into the first microbrewery in Bluff County—finding love and community, and rebuilding each other along the way.