Come on in...the atmosphere is cozy and the coffee’s a delight at the Speakeasy Coffeehouse in Quitman, Texas. The authors of this collection love the Speakeasy, and were inspired to write stories based around our favorite coffee venue. The building is old. Sometimes you just gotta wonder...if walls could talk, what fascinating tales might they tell? While we cannot discern the secrets forever sealed within the coffee shop walls, we hope you enjoy our contemporary fictional stories in which the Speakeasy is its own vivid character. Grab your favorite coffee and dive right in!
THE ROYAL GLITCH by Jean Pamplin
The Speakeasy Coffeehouse’s brick walls seep history and the Royal typewriter fits right into the time period. The trouble is, it brings some guests with it.
COURAGEOUS HEARTS by Janet Ellington
A brief encounter with ‘Mr. Right’—that is, Nelson Wright, a retired international photographer—turns BrookLynn Laird’s heart upside down in the small town of Quitman, Texas. Two years a widow, she backs off, convinced she’s betraying her deceased husband. Will these two hearts, hesitant and haunted, ever find the courage to join as one?
SOMETHING ALMOST HEAVENLY by Delia Latham
Business brings Mary Manners to Quitman, Texas. Soon after, in the Speakeasy Coffeehouse, she meets a mysterious new friend with a gentle, calming spirit, and a handsome minister whose kindness and sense of humor steal her heart in a flash. But along with those new relationships come unexpected changes of heart and startling peeks into her family’s history.
My Review:
I really enjoyed these three novellas. Speakeasy Coffeehouse walls could probably tell some wonderful stories of things from its past. The Royal Glitch is kinda a time travel story. Not only did a typewriter come through time but two ladies with it. What changes they get to see.
In Courageous Hearts, widow BrookLynn's heart is a mess. She wants love but she feels like she is betraying her husband who died. She has meet Nelson and is developing feelings for him. But how can she think of that? Her husband has only been dead two years. Can she move ahead?
Something Almost Heavenly. Mary Manners has gone into business in Quitman Texas. She meets someone she is falling for. But things with the past may not work in her favor.
The novellas all blend in together with the storyline. Love the characters.
Thank you, Diana! I'm glad you enjoyed our novellas based around a very real coffeehouse in Quitman - where I live. The stories are fictional, of course, but we all love the Speakeasy so much that...well, being authors, we had no choice but to put in a book. Three of them! lol I hope everyone enjoys the stories as much as we three authors enjoy the Speakeasy.
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