Newland Road Series by Linda Leigh Hargrove

Rural North Carolina, 1973 At first, Paula Raye Lawrence is dead set on leaving the small farming community of Cherry, North Carolina. She's willing to work in the cucumber fields, take in sewing, and tutor GED students to realize her dream of escaping her rural roots (and past mistakes) to become a big-city math teacher. But then a visit from Dr. Edward Anderson, a young handsome history professor, from UNC Chapel Hill changes her mind... moreRural North Carolina, 1973 At first, Paula Raye Lawrence is dead set on leaving the small farming community of Cherry, North Carolina. She's willing to work in the cucumber fields, take in sewing, and tutor GED students to realize her dream of escaping her rural roots (and past mistakes) to become a big-city math teacher. But then a visit from Dr. Edward Anderson, a young handsome history professor, from UNC Chapel Hill changes her mind. Through Edward's eyes, Paula begins to see the influences of Harriet Tubman and Booker T. Washington hidden in plain sight all around her tiny coastal North Carolina community. After rumors surface about why he's not fighting in the war raging in Vietnam, she begins to doubt his real romantic intentions. Is he worth giving up her dreams for or is he just like her late father — just another rolling stone. less

Leslie Lawrence is running from trouble she stirred up in the Big Apple. Her dreams of being an actress on Broadway didn’t pan out and she needs a place to hide until things blow over. Creswell, North Carolina, the little swamp town her shifty old man, Ray Lawrence, used to tell her about seems like a good place to lay low for a while... moreLeslie Lawrence is running from trouble she stirred up in the Big Apple. Her dreams of being an actress on Broadway didn’t pan out and she needs a place to hide until things blow over. Creswell, North Carolina, the little swamp town her shifty old man, Ray Lawrence, used to tell her about seems like a good place to lay low for a while. She didn’t count on meeting a good-looking country boy named Johnny Ellington (from Newland Road series, Books 1 and 2) and she didn’t count of getting stuck in a little one-diner town during the biggest hurricane of 1976. Johnny’s smarter than he looks. Can she risk getting closer to him and the two Jesus-loving half-sisters she didn’t know she had? Or is this a recipe for disaster? less

Sweet with a little heat. Like the best North Carolina barbeque from back in the day.He's all set to pop the question but an old flame and a bossy aunt stand in the way. Is this one rejection too many or can she show him that there is hope at the end of this test of their love?In this last installment in the 1970s throwback romance series set in small town Carolina, the last Lawrence sister finally says yes... moreSweet with a little heat. Like the best North Carolina barbeque from back in the day.He's all set to pop the question but an old flame and a bossy aunt stand in the way. Is this one rejection too many or can she show him that there is hope at the end of this test of their love?In this last installment in the 1970s throwback romance series set in small town Carolina, the last Lawrence sister finally says yes.If you like your sweet Southern romance novels mixed with a little heat then you need to try this story. less