Watch Over the Gate

This story is for the dog lovers and for those of us who wish, hope, and want to believe that the Rainbow Bridge is real. After writing this story, inspired by two throwaway dogs who were rescued and loved unconditionally—I believe.

“Beasley’s characters are as natural, intriguing, and as full of life as the Carolina coast they call home. Their conflicts play out in a low country Eden that is as stirring and primal as the passions of its people.”

–Joseph McSpadden, Host of the Village Night Owl Podcast and Contributing Editor, Okra Magazine.

Billy Beasley resides in Carolina Beach, NC, with his beautiful wife Julie, and their Australian Cattle Dog, Teke, who graciously agreed to play the role of Josie in his third novel, The Girl in the River. He shares two simple beliefs with his favorite character in his first novel, The River Hideaway—Faith in God, and a conviction that ‘Hearts have no color’.