The Furlough: A Short Civil Story
A young Confederate soldier returns home on furlough after the 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek. But not all is as it seems…
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Featured in LowcountryRWA’s 2022 holiday romance anthology, Love in the Lowcountry, Vol. 2: A Winter Holiday Anthology, available now.
Read my historical short, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”
Estelle Lealand has discovered the life – and love – she hoped for may be out of reach after breaking her engagement with one of Charleston’s elites. But a chance encounter on a rainy December night reacquaints her with Wes McKenna and makes her wonder if happiness is still possible.
Wes McKenna has spent the past year in social isolation in order to control the shell shock that followed him home from the Great War. Estelle is the first person to make him feel whole again and that there might be something in his future besides loneliness.
As they spend more time together, Estelle and Wes realize they may share more than common memories of life before the war. Could the unexpected feelings growing between them be true love?
Forever After at the Ever Rest Inn
Featured in Carolina Romance Writers’ 2025 romance anthology, Love in the Lowcountry: A Vacations Collection, available in print and ebook editions.
Disillusioned with his career and reeling from a breakup, Max Andersen heads to a Lowcountry bed and breakfast near Georgetown, South Carolina, for time away to relax and determine the next steps in his life.
The Ever Rest Inn isn’t only a bed and breakfast. It’s Vivian Ravanelle’s family legacy. She’s inherited more than just the property. The inn comes with financial problems that must be solved if she doesn’t want to lose everything.
Vivi never forgot the boy who helped her overcome a lonely summer twenty-two years ago. But the boy has become a man—a handsome one who seems to reciprocate a new attraction. During Max’s stay, the two share more than family stories and personal problems. Perhaps Max’s next steps are tied to Vivi, who may find not only hope for the inn’s future, but happiness and love.
J. Lynn Rowan 