Synopsis
Can she piece together a dream on a shoestring?
As new owner of the falling-apart family homestead in West Texas, Dee Bennett is wrangling ways to earn a living, mend fences with farm and family, and manifest her dreams as a writer--all while nurturing the budding relationship with her beau, outdoorsy photographer Max Miller. But when a drop-dead-gorgeous, high-powered handler for a candidate in a key statewide election blows into Claxton, rivalries bigger than politics and football develop.
With stakes running high on the campaign trail, as well as in publishing dreams and love lives, a Bennett family wedding must be attended to. And Dr. Dee, with the assistance of her motley writing-group protégés, must search her soul and fend off a host of challenges to live the life she just might learn to love.
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About the Author
Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon, coauthors of the Texas novels The Paragraph Ranch (Booktrope, 2014) and A Wedding at the Paragraph Ranch (2015), combine more than five decades of experience in book publishing, news, and other media in their teaching, editing, and marketing endeavors. Kay, whose newspaper management experience has taken her from West Texas to New York, California, and the Carolinas and back again to her home state, is the founder and publisher of Lone Star Literary Life, the online newspaper for all things bookish in Texas. Barbara, who studied poetry with James Dickey while earning the PhD at the University of South Carolina, was formerly managing editor, publisher, and marketing manager for several university and regional presses and directed the groundbreaking Publishing Laboratory at UNC Wilmington. She currently heads up a nonprofit under the Texas Historical Commission and serves as editor and publisher of numerous regional publishing projects.
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Praise for The Paragraph Ranch
"The Paragraph Ranch is contemporary literature that truly reflects modern Texas and its hold on all its children." --texasbooklover.com
"A heartwarming story filled with memorable characters, vivid descriptions of place, and pitch-perfect dialogue. A delight to read." --Will North, author of The Long Walk Home and Seasons' End
"Emotional tugs from family and finding second chances in a return to a childhood Texas home combine for a heartfelt read." --Natalie Bright, author of "A Cowboy's Christmas Blessing" and Gone Never Forgotten
"[A] touching story that flings you from comedy to calamity, and deploys characters who plow their way into your heart. A highly fun and recommended reading experience." --Kellie Coates Gilbert, author of the Texas Gold novels
"A rich and life-affirming story about obstacles, growth and empathy. Ellington & Brannon show that, of course you can go home again--and if you do it right, you might not want to leave. The Paragraph Ranch is a meaningful book that will stay in your heart. I know it will in mine." --Martha Louise Hunter, author of Painting Juliana
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