Welcome to Ransom, Texas, where the family ties bind and love runs hot. One of the juciest pieces of gossip around town is what’s happening at The Love Barn, Ransom’s new boutique wedding venue run by the Lively siblings. Word around the tea shop is that Scarlett Lively is getting awfully close to a jilted groom. Then there’s whatever is going on with Benji! We have it on good authority he’s not just teaching his high school crush to play the guitar. And then there’s Garth, who has been noticeably missing from happy hour at The Watering Hole. Will these three break the family curse? Or are they destined to repeat it?

The Love Barn is created by Sidney Bristol, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

The Love Barn

DIXIE CURLED HER LEGS under her and pulled the fluffy throw with a giraffe motif across her lap. Shonda's home was one of those special, few places that had become a kind of safe haven for Dixie. A place where she could go and vent without judgment. Monday nights when she and Elisabeth were invited over were her favorites. It was when Shonda's husband cooked and he was always trying out new things. Tonight was no different. Dixie couldn't pronounce the dish they'd eaten, but it had been delicious, much like everything else he cooked.


Maybe Dixie needed to add cooking classes to her list.


"Have you started this month's book?" Elisabeth toed off her shoes and hugged a pillow to her chest. With the end of the school year looming, she was showing the seasonal stress.


"I can't even think about getting it." Elisabeth pressed her fingers to her temples. "My brother, DeeDee. He's just..."


Chapter 73: Dixie