*NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD & READERS' FAVORITE AWARD IN WOMEN'S FICTION* "Witty, wise, and brimming with romance , Back to Blue Holly is a love letter to community and the irresistible pull of finding where you truly belong.— Patti Callahan Henry, NYT bestselling author of The Story She Left Behind Newly divorced and completely burned out, Dottie heads back to Blue Holly—the charming lake town where her family once made their best memories. Hoping to start over after divorce, she’s searching for peace and purpose. Instead, she finds a grown-up mountain town with an identity problem—and her Aunt Lo packing up to leave, offering Dottie a crumbling old hardware store with a fix-it-up-and-it’s-yours kind of deal. Dottie doesn’t know a wrench from a whisk, has no capital, and even less confidence. But when she stumbles upon a forgotten moonshine still hidden in the Red Arrow’s garage, inspiration (and a little mischief) strikes. Maybe Blue Holly doesn’t need another hardware store. Maybe what it needs is a brewery. With the help of a ragtag crew of locals—and the unwavering, utterly compelling Crawford Woody—Dottie sets out to transform the Red Arrow into a small-town haven. But as opposition mounts and long-buried secrets rise to the surface, she’ll have to decide if she’s ready to fight for the town—and the future—she’s only just discovered. Heartfelt, hopeful, and full of humor, Back to Blue Holly is feel-good women's fiction about second chances, small-town drama, found family, and the unexpected ways we find our place—and our people. "BACK TO BLUE HOLLY is a sparkling debut. Beth Pride has penned a heart song to the places that shape us and the natural world that calls us if we are willing to listen. Witty, wise, and brimming with romance, Back to Blue Holly is a love letter to community, and the irresistible pull of finding where you truly belong. A debut not to be missed!" -Patti Callahan Henry, NYT bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea "Beth Pride is a remarkable talent with a voice that leaps off the page. "Back to Blue Holly" is a charming tale of small-town politics, southern roots, and the joy of finding your place in the world. Readers will cheer for this delightful cast of characters, and enjoy every moment of this southern getaway of a novel." -Cynthia Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Starlight Cove series "It's the rare book that engages readers on multiple levels, but Beth Pride's expertly crafted debut novel, Back to Blue Holly, is riveting from the get-go, with its captivating plot, people, place, and pace. Also? It's somehow both hilarious but serious, romantic yet action-packed, and simultaneously small-town and universal. In short, Back to Blue Holly is, like its protagonist Dottie Hogan, multi-faceted-a gem readers will savor from every angle as they follow Dottie from heartbreak to breakthrough, and from Kentucky to Georgia, where she undergoes an epic rebuilding of herself, her heart, and a beloved local landmark that ultimately unites not just Dottie and the Quinn family, but also the once-divided community at large." -Whitney Collins, award-winning author of Ricky and Other Love Stories and Big Bad Publishing my debut novel was like being overdue with my first child, desperate to push her out, and then praying somebody would like her. Back to Blue Holly is a love child from a long romance I've had with the North Georgia mountains where I grew up and still have a home. There is healing in the rolling foothills, emerald lakes, and wooded musk, a universal finding for those who find grace in the natural world. I wanted to write a smart, funny, empowering, and heartfelt story about the people who live in the appalachian foothills and those who endeavor to return. I've been told the book is "small town universal," and relatable to anyone no matter where they grew up. We all know people like Loud Larry and Fibro Fannie, and for sure there are CAVE people everywhere. And we can only hope to run into a great looking and sweet man like love interest Crawford Woody.  Back to Blue Holly is my love letter to a place I know and call home. It's a story about finding community and love in every corner as long as you are open to letting it in. She came home for a fresh start. What she finds might change everything. Newly divorced and completely burned out, Dottie leaves city life behind to return to Blue Holly—a charming lake town tucked in the Southern mountains, where her family once made their best memories. She's looking for peace, purpose, and maybe a little space to breathe. Instead, she finds a town in transition, an aunt ready to leave, and one very rundown hardware store with her name on it. Armed with stubborn optimism, a few tools she barely knows how to use, and the recipe for a dream that might just work, Dottie decides to turn the dusty old building into a craft brewery. But rebuilding isn't just about hammers and paint. As she reconnects