Southern Girls River Club:
Welcome Home (Book 1)
A river that knows. A cabin with a mind of its own. Strange happenings that no one seems concerned with questioning.
Welcome to the Southern Girls River Club, where our first guest Misty has come to get away from her mother who has remarried. What she finds is a cabin that seems to be shrinking. Coincidences without reason. A quirky river man. And a guest who may be the biggest surprise of all.
Afraid of being alone, Misty finds friendship and found family at the river club. But she still has to go home.
Low fantasy
Magical realism
Character-driven story
Heartfelt, cozy fiction
Start the series from book 1
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