Peggy Poe Stern, Mountain Author

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Heaven-high and Hell-deep
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Laine's Beech Mountain Story, Book 1

A mountain girl in the early 1900’s copes with a marriage arranged by her dad. Her story is titled from an old saying “I own my land, heaven-high and hell-deep.”

      

“Your pa gave his consent for us to marry,” he said the words as though it was a simple matter. It wasn’t a romantic proposal of love and devotion. It wasn’t a proposal at all.  I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I tried again.

“I don’t know your name,” I managed to say … .

  1. Book 1, ISBN # 1-59513-055-1 $16.95  Mountain story

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Tamarack
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The Beekeepers Daughter

A gripping story about the dark side of a mountain family: a legacy of abuse that leads to murder. Told from an authentic mountain perspective, the reader experiences the family's desperation as well as their strength and determination to keep on going. The author's simple unabashed voice completely absorbs the reader. So many emotions are evoked that the story echoes long after the last page is read.

 

 

2. ISBN #1-59513-054-3   $14.95  Tragedy

When Robins Weep
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The Christmas Tree lady

A happenstance encounter between an Appalachian mountain girl and a Florida developer embarks them on a romantic relationship. Existing family ties coupled with completely diverse lifestyles complicate their love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. ISBN # 1-59513-053-5   $17.95  Romance

 

The Hills of Home
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The Farmers Daughter

Theo Walden learns of love and understanding in her hills of home, plus a whole lot more. Granny teaches her that life isn't always fair or good. Greta fills her young head with ghost stories scary enough to keep her awake at night. Popaw and Daddy show her what its like to be mountain men: fair, tough, and yet gentle. Most important, Theo learns that wealth doesn't make a person happy. Love does.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. ISBN # 1-59513-052-7   $16.95  Appalachia

 

 

Stud from Horney Hollow
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The Collier Mistress

Willi Smith, a hard-nosed Florida real estate broker, had determined to get above her roots by obtaining wealth for the security it should bring. Having set her career before relationships, she realizes that her biological clock is ticking. She wants a child, but doesn't have a man.

Burl Horney, a widowed mountain Christmas tree grower, travels to Florida to sell his trees. Little does he know how he is being caught up in her quest.

 

 

 

 

5. ISBN # 1-59513-051-9 $16.95  Mountain irony

 

 

Mountain Splendor
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Long Hope Mountain Gal

 Needing to make the farm payment, Ramona takes on her recently departed husband's next job assignment. Pretending to be a man, she guides a group of Yankees through the mountains. The tour is cut short, setting up a chain of events that keeps Ramona jumping from the frying pan to the fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. ISBN # 1-59513-050-0 $16.95  Mountain western

 

 

Blood Moon Rising
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Restless Revenge

The fires of hell would burn me in time for what I was about to do, but right now, that didn't matter. I was on my way to kill him. Someone should have killed Buck Walsh a long time ago for the things he did, but people were scared of him. I'm scared of him, but that no longer mattered either. He had raped me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. EAN # 978-1-59513-049-5 $16.95  Mystery

 

Wild Thing
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Aggies' Legacy

Cadence Williams settled beneath the quilt willing to go into a deep sleep. He hadn't slept much for the past two nights. Fear mixed with self-anger kept him awake. He hated fear. It was a sign of weakness, especially when it was his own. It angered him to fear when he wasn't sure if the cause of it was real or imagined. Yet, his gut told him that thing was near his house, moving in the woods like a dark shadow, stalking him when he went outside to do up the work, and even coming to his window during the night to watch him.
 
 
 
8. EAN #978-1-59513-048-8 $17.95  Tall tale
 
 

Above All, A sequel to Heaven-high & Hell-deep
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Laines' Beech Mountain Story, Book 2

His hat was pulled low over his black hair and his shirt sleeves were rolled up almost to his elbows. His hands appeared strong and in control as he held the reins of his high stepping horse. He looked a little thinner than he used to be and a lot more tired.

“What’s wrong?” he asked me fast.

“You’ve got to go back to Banners Elk,” I told him, forgetting about supper.

His eyes widened with concern. “Should you ride? I can deliver the baby here.”

 

 

 

9. EAN #978-1-59513-047-1 $17.00 Mountain story

 

 

 

Joppa
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A Story of Love

“Leona,” he sipped his hot coffee. “I know I’m going to regret asking this, but tell me the story of Joppa and Harry Barnard from the beginning to the end.

“It’s a seventeen year stretch of time,” I warned.

“This place isn’t overrun with customers.”

“If I tell you, will you use it against me. Claim I’m crazy; refuse to help me?”

“Attorney-client information is privileged. I don’t tell anything you say not to tell.”

“You’ll think I’m a fruitcake.”

“You’re not?”

10. EAN #978-1-59513-046-4 $17.00  Love story

 

Thunder Hole
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The Blackberry Summer

He started to say more then hesitated before he added, “Do you know what I want, Billie, really want?”

“Besides me being five years older?”

Her ignored that. “I want you to go to college.”

She laughed.

“I’m serious.”

Her laughter stopped too sudden and she looked at Malone with eyes beyond those of childhood. “It won’t happen.”

“Why not?”

 
 

11. EAN #978-1-59513-045-7 $17.00 Culture clash

An Honorable Man
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Surviving Daniel

After twenty-four years of marriage to Daniel, Carrie Jane can take it no longer. Leaving everything behind, she slips off one evening to start anew.

 

 

“Tell me, Dad, why does this woman interest you?”

He scratched at his gray hair again before he spoke. “Something wasn't exactly right about her. A teenage girl might run away for any number of reasons, but a woman her age doesn't. She was . . . well, I kinda pitied her. There has to be a mighty powerful reason when a woman hides in a moving van."

 

12. EAN #978-1-59513-045-7 $17.00 

 

 

Running Wild
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Raven's Story : A sequel to Wild Thing

The girl came up over the rise, running with a long, distance-eating gait and drawing deep breaths of air into her lungs. Reuben found her strangely attractive although something about her appearance was odd, much different than any girl he had ever seen before. Her hair was just as black as his and reached below her slender hips. It caught the wind and flowed back from her face as she ran. Her ragged clothes were not clean and once belonged to a man. There wasn't one ounce of fat on her wiry body, but none of this did he find odd. What was odd was her over-all demeanor. There was an energy force radiating from her, a life force such as he expected to see surrounding the mountain lion or one of the bears he loved to hunt, a savage appearance that warned to keep a safe distance away.

Holy shit, he thought. She's wild!

 

13 EAN #978-1-59513-043-3  $17.00

 

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