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    Return to Crutcher Mountain: Cedar Hollow Series, #2
    Entangled Thorns: Cedar Hollow Series, #3
    Appalachian Justice: Cedar Hollow Series, #1
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    Cedar Hollow Series

    By Melinda Clayton

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    About this series

    On the anniversary of her husband's death, forty-nine-year-old Emily Holt runs away, leaving an unmade bed, an unlocked house, two college-aged sons, and an overabundance of bad memories.

    Struggling to make peace with the death of a husband who'd been lost to mental illness, she vows to drive to the end of the road, which, she's surprised to find, is just outside the tiny mining town of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia.

    As Emily struggles to redefine and rediscover herself, the good folks of Cedar Hollow are more than happy to help.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas-Jacob Publishing, LLC
    Release dateNov 13, 2013
    Return to Crutcher Mountain: Cedar Hollow Series, #2
    Entangled Thorns: Cedar Hollow Series, #3
    Appalachian Justice: Cedar Hollow Series, #1

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      Appalachian Justice: Cedar Hollow Series, #1
      Appalachian Justice: Cedar Hollow Series, #1

      Appalachian Justice: Cedar Hollow Series, #1

      Melinda Clayton
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      Billy May Platte is a half Irish, half Cherokee Appalachian woman who learned the hard way that 1940s West Virginia was no place to be different. As Billy May explains, "We was sheltered in them hills.  We didn't know much of nothin' about life outside of them mountains.  I did not know the word lesbian; to us, gay meant havin' fun and queer meant somethin' strange."   In 1945, when Billy May was fourteen years old and orphaned, three local boys witnessed an incident in which Billy May's sexuality was called into question.  Determined to teach her a lesson she would never forget, they orchestrated a brutal attack that changed the dynamics of the tiny coal mining village of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia forever.   Global Ebook Gold Medal Winner in 2013, a finalist for the University of North Carolina-Wilmington's Synergy Program in 2013, and voted Sapphic Readers Book Club Book of the Year in 2011 (under a different imprint), Appalachian Justice is a work of southern fiction that delves into social issues such as poverty, domestic violence, misogyny, and sexual orientation. Ultimately, however, Appalachian Justice delivers a message of hope.  

      Billy May Platte is a half Irish, half Cherokee Appalachian woman who learned the hard way that 1940s West Virginia was no place to be different. As Billy May explains, "We was sheltered in them hills.  We didn't know much of nothin' about life outside of them mountains.  I did not know the word lesbian; to us, gay meant havin' fun and queer meant somethin' strange."   In 1945, when Billy May was fourteen years old and orphaned, three local boys witnessed an incident in which Billy May's sexuality was called into question.  Determined to teach her a lesson she would never forget, they orchestrated a brutal attack that changed the dynamics of the tiny coal mining village of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia forever.   Global Ebook Gold Medal Winner in 2013, a finalist for the University of North Carolina-Wilmington's Synergy Program in 2013, and voted Sapphic Readers Book Club Book of the Year in 2011 (under a different imprint), Appalachian Justice is a work of southern fiction that delves into social issues such as poverty, domestic violence, misogyny, and sexual orientation. Ultimately, however, Appalachian Justice delivers a message of hope.  

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      Return to Crutcher Mountain: Cedar Hollow Series, #2
      Return to Crutcher Mountain: Cedar Hollow Series, #2

      Return to Crutcher Mountain: Cedar Hollow Series, #2

      Melinda Clayton
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      As recounted in Appalachian Justice, Jessie is an adult survivor of horrendous childhood abuse.  At the age of thirteen, she was rescued by reclusive mountain woman Billy May Platte.  Now forty-seven, Jessie is outwardly successful but inwardly struggles to reconcile the broken pieces of her past.  In honor of Billy May, Jessie has offered Crutcher Mountain as a location to build the Platte Lodge for Children, a wilderness retreat and respite program designed for children with disabilities.  Everything comes together beautifully until a series of strange events threatens to shut down the retreat.  To save the lodge, Jessie must open her heart to the truths she discovers and place her trust in a lonely little boy.

      As recounted in Appalachian Justice, Jessie is an adult survivor of horrendous childhood abuse.  At the age of thirteen, she was rescued by reclusive mountain woman Billy May Platte.  Now forty-seven, Jessie is outwardly successful but inwardly struggles to reconcile the broken pieces of her past.  In honor of Billy May, Jessie has offered Crutcher Mountain as a location to build the Platte Lodge for Children, a wilderness retreat and respite program designed for children with disabilities.  Everything comes together beautifully until a series of strange events threatens to shut down the retreat.  To save the lodge, Jessie must open her heart to the truths she discovers and place her trust in a lonely little boy.

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      Entangled Thorns: Cedar Hollow Series, #3
      Entangled Thorns: Cedar Hollow Series, #3

      Entangled Thorns: Cedar Hollow Series, #3

      Melinda Clayton
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      Beth Sloan has spent the majority of her life trying to escape the memories of a difficult childhood. Born into the infamous Pritchett family of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia, she grew up hard, surrounded not only by homemade stills and corn liquor, but by an impoverished family that more often than not preferred life on the wrong side of the law.  After the mysterious death of her brother Luke at the age of thirteen, seventeen year old Beth and her younger sister Naomi ran away from home, never to return. As the years passed, Beth suppressed the painful memories and managed to create a comfortable, if troubled, life with her husband Mark and their two children in an upscale suburb outside of Memphis, Tennessee. But the arrival of an unwelcome letter threatens to change all that. Against her better judgment, and at the urging of her sister Naomi, Beth agrees to return to Cedar Hollow, to the memories she’s worked so hard to forget. When old resentments and family secrets are awakened, Beth must risk everything to face the truth about what really happened to Luke that long ago summer night.        

      Beth Sloan has spent the majority of her life trying to escape the memories of a difficult childhood. Born into the infamous Pritchett family of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia, she grew up hard, surrounded not only by homemade stills and corn liquor, but by an impoverished family that more often than not preferred life on the wrong side of the law.  After the mysterious death of her brother Luke at the age of thirteen, seventeen year old Beth and her younger sister Naomi ran away from home, never to return. As the years passed, Beth suppressed the painful memories and managed to create a comfortable, if troubled, life with her husband Mark and their two children in an upscale suburb outside of Memphis, Tennessee. But the arrival of an unwelcome letter threatens to change all that. Against her better judgment, and at the urging of her sister Naomi, Beth agrees to return to Cedar Hollow, to the memories she’s worked so hard to forget. When old resentments and family secrets are awakened, Beth must risk everything to face the truth about what really happened to Luke that long ago summer night.        

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      Shadow Days: Cedar Hollow Series, #4
      Shadow Days: Cedar Hollow Series, #4

      Shadow Days: Cedar Hollow Series, #4

      Melinda Clayton
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      On the anniversary of her husband's death, forty-nine-year-old Emily Holt runs away, leaving an unmade bed, an unlocked house, two college-aged sons, and an overabundance of bad memories. Struggling to make peace with the death of a husband who'd been lost to mental illness, she vows to drive to the end of the road, which, she's surprised to find, is just outside the tiny mining town of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia. As Emily struggles to redefine and rediscover herself, the good folks of Cedar Hollow are more than happy to help.

      On the anniversary of her husband's death, forty-nine-year-old Emily Holt runs away, leaving an unmade bed, an unlocked house, two college-aged sons, and an overabundance of bad memories. Struggling to make peace with the death of a husband who'd been lost to mental illness, she vows to drive to the end of the road, which, she's surprised to find, is just outside the tiny mining town of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia. As Emily struggles to redefine and rediscover herself, the good folks of Cedar Hollow are more than happy to help.

    Author

    Melinda Clayton

    Melinda Clayton is the author of The Cedar Hollow Series, which includes novels Appalachian Justice, Return to Crutcher Mountain, Entangled Thorns, and Shadow Days. Clayton also authored Blessed Are the Wholly Broken and Making Amends, two dark tales of tragedy and suspense.  In addition to writing, Clayton has an Ed.D. in Special Education Administration and is a licensed psychotherapist in the states of Florida and Colorado.

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