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 PULLED UP TO the curb and peered at the travelers armed with suitcases. Late July was a god-awful time of year in Texas with current temperatures well over a hundred each and every day. He was pretty damn jealous of Garth for getting away for two whole weeks.


Scarlett flung her arm out at the window. "There he is."


He'd never thought he'd see the day when his brother wore anything but starched jeans and boots. Benji hadn't been certain his brother even owned a pair of swim trunks when they dropped Garth off at the airport. The sight of him in shorts, flip-flops and a floral print button down over a white T-shirt was out of some strange, Twilight Zone world.


"You know Noemi is behind that look." Scarlett snickered, her hands covering her mouth.


"I want to know what bet he lost." Benji pushed his baseball cap up on his head.


Garth reached the truck and grasped the door handle, but it wasn't unlocked.


Chapter 110: Benji