Hymns of Blue Hollow: A 1940s Southern Appalachian Historical Romance and Family Saga

4.5 out of 5 ★★★★★ (1,752) 4.5 on Goodreads 1,194 ratings Book 1 of 5: Hymns of Blue Hollow "The writing was absolutely nothing short of perfection." ★★★★★ In the Appalachian hills of 1941 Tennessee, where moonshining is a way of life, Esther Primm knows the rules. Keep your head down. Survive and want nothing. Trust no one. She has lived by them her entire life. But there is one thing she has never survived. Being seen. When her world is swept away, Esther finds herself in a place she was always warned never to go. There, she finds a secluded estate kept by an older Black woman who has always stayed on her side of the fence, and a brooding German man who carries a grief he can’t speak of, and who looks at her in a way no one ever has. Her old life won’t stop chasing her. An obsessed preacher refuses to give her up, hiding his darkness behind Sunday sermons, while the local sheriff watches everything and says nothing. Each of them is hiding something. And in Blue Hollows, secrets don’t stay buried. They come for you. Lyrical, gritty, and devastatingly beautiful, this Southern historical romance is written in the tradition of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Delia Owens. For readers of The Giver of Stars, The Nightingale, and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. A book club favorite, Hymns of Blue Hollow can be read as a standalone, but is best experienced as part of the ongoing series.