Author: heathernormansmith

You’re never too old for fun, faith, or love.Lavinia Lewis is a wealthy, Southern widow who enjoys a good prank. But when a resident at her posh retirement community in Southport, North Carolina gets sick at a potluck, Lavinia’s reputation as a jokester lands her in big trouble. How can she clear her name when her own daughter doesn’t believe she’s innocent?Neville McGrath is a long-in-the-tooth … long-in-the-tooth lawyer, afraid of being put out to pasture. Torn between his nephew’s offer to move to Maine to live with him and his desire to keep working, Neville discovers other options when…

In the spring of 1961, ten-year-old Nate “Weenie” Dooley has a revelation-his father is not a good one.Inspired by National Geographic, his favorite thing next to the Bible storybook his mother gave him before she died, Nate plans to leave his father and their home in the Smokies to set out on adventure.When he discovers that his father has left him first, it will take the help of a stray dog, … him first, it will take the help of a stray dog, some kind neighbors, a one-man-band, letters from a long-lost-aunt, and a new understanding of God to figure…

Recently retired Colleen Hill is always busy, constantly on a quest to make life more interesting. When the ladies’ group at her church partners with the local children’s home, Colleen jumps in as usual, volunteering to share her passion for cooking with a troubled teenager named Grace. But Colleen must balance the new project with her pursuit of becoming a contestant on a television game show, … television game show, along with all the other ideas her brain continually spins out.Colleen’s daughter Melody is quite different. She lives a calm, simple life and is content with who she is. That…