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

Benji stood there a moment, Scarlett's words not quite making sense.


Dad had collapsed and died without them knowing.


People had whispered about the Lively family curse coming back. Was it here to take his brother?


A warm weight settled on his arm. He glanced at Dixie, staring up at him with her bag over her shoulder.


Benji didn't believe in a silly curse. This was the real world and that meant something as wrong with Garth.


"The only damn one in town," Scarlett snapped back.


"Okay, I'll be there in a minute. Everything will be fine, Scar."


"He collapsed, Benji. Do you understand that? He couldn't say anything." Scarlett's voice was so high, her words broken.


"Babe, give me the phone," Cole said in the background.


"I'll see you at the hospital," Benji said.


"Come on." Dixie opened the front door.


He moved on auto pilot, out the door, across the lawn and to the truck. Dixie was by his side with every step.


Chapter 82: Benji