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 PULLED THE PAN off the stove exactly two seconds before her doorbell pealed. She set the pan down and hustled across the house to whisk the door open.


Elisabeth stood on the stoop, a book clutched between her hands.


"You are my angel." Dixie snatched the book and pressed it to her chest.


"I thought you had a copy?" Elisabeth stepped inside and shut the door.


Dixie whirled toward the kitchen and fled. Elisabeth was only a few steps behind her. Both purse and sunglasses were gone, replaced by a curious gaze.


"Did something happen?" Elisabeth asked after a moment.


"Hm?" Dixie passed the other woman a plate.


"You're acting weird." Elisabeth studied Dixie through narrowed eyes.


"Can we please eat first?" Her stomach had been in too many knots yesterday to eat much. She was starving and yet eating was a chore.


"Okay. Fine. But you're going to spill." Elisabeth wagged her finger at Dixie.


Chapter 97: Dixie