Glory Road

Lauren K. Denton brings her Southern voice to this story of three generations of women in one household. Jessie McBride, thirty-eight, runs a garden shop and has made peace with the idea that romance belongs to her past. Her divorce left her content with the life she shares with her spirited mother and her reserved, strong-willed daughter.

That comfort starts to wobble when two men enter her orbit. Sumner Tate, wealthy and easy to like, hires her to create the flowers for his daughter's wedding, and she finds herself enjoying his attention. Ben Bradley, the boy she never quite got over from high school, has returned to the red dirt road. He knows her better than anyone, and Jessie's heart begins pulling her in directions she did not anticipate.

Meanwhile, her fourteen-year-old daughter Evan is about to start high school and is figuring out who she is and what she feels, especially around the attractive new boy who has moved in nearby. Gus, Jessie's mother, is becoming forgetful, and the future that lies ahead of her may be frightening. Over one summer, all three women must work through their hearts and their plans for what comes next.