The Banty House

by Carolyn Brown

Overview

A homeless young woman finds an unexpected family in beloved New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s novel of healing hearts and new beginnings in a small Texas town.

In the fading town of Rooster, Texas, all that’s really left is a service station, a church…and the Banty House, a long-ago Depression-era brothel. For more than seventy-five years, Betsy, Connie, and Kate Carson have called their mama’s house a home. The three eccentric sisters get by just fine with their homemade jams and jellies, a little moonshine on the side, and big hearts always open to strangers. Like Ginger Andrews.

An abandoned teen with a baby on the way and nowhere to go, she’s given a room to call her own for as long as she wants. The kind invitation is made all the sweeter when Ginger meets the sisters’ young handyman, Sloan Baker. But with a past as broken as Ginger’s, he’s vowed never to get close to anyone again. As a season of change unfolds, Ginger and Sloan might discover a warm haven to heal in the Banty House, a place to finally belong, where hope and dreams never fade.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781542018814
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	05/26/2020
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	307,070
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Carolyn Brown is a New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author and a RITA finalist with more than one hundred published books and more than five million sold. Her novels include romantic women’s fiction, historical, contemporary, and cowboys and country music mass-market paperbacks. She and her husband live in the small town of Davis, Oklahoma, where everyone knows everyone else and knows what they are doing and when—and they read the local newspaper on Wednesday to see who got caught. They have three grown children and enough grandchildren and great-grandchildren to keep them young. Visit Carolyn at www.carolynbrownbooks.com.

Editorial Reviews

03/09/2020

Brown (The Family Journal) throws together a colorful cast of characters to excellent effect and maximum charm in this small-town contemporary romance. The elderly Carson sisters—Kate, Connie, and Betsy—have turned the Rooster, Tex., brothel they were raised in into a safe haven for the lost and down-on-their-luck passing through town. Their home, dubbed the Banty House, proves a godsend for pregnant 19-year-old Ginger Andrews, a former foster child from Kentucky trying to get as far away from her past as possible. Not only do the sisters provide her a bed, they introduce her to the first man she can count on: handyman Sloan Baker, a young army vet who’s fighting demons of his own. Brown’s skillful plotting and deeply felt characterizations enrich the young couple’s road to their inevitable happy ending, exploring along the way Sloan’s crippling survivor’s guilt and orphaned Ginger’s childhood in the foster care system. But there’s plenty of joy and laughter, too, both in the birth of Ginger’s child, and the sisters’ unexpected vices: Connie smokes, Kate makes moonshine, and Betsy grows pot. This first-rate romance will delight readers young and old. Agent: Erin Niumata, Folio Literary. (May)

Publishers Weekly

Brown delivers a heartwarming read that twines faith, healing, and family against the backdrop of a small Texas town. Readers will be charmed by the antics of the three wily Carson sisters, while a slow-to-bloom and tender romance develops.” —Library Journal

From the Publisher

05/01/2020

Rule number one of the Banty House is that you never turn away a stranger in need. And the three Carson sisters take it to heart when pregnant 19-year-old Ginger Andrews makes her way to Rooster, TX. Ginger wants the best life for her unborn child, one that balances stability and adventure, and she decides that's in California. She doesn't plan to stay in Rooster long, but planting roots soon feels unavoidable—especially after connecting with local handyman and ex-soldier Sloan Baker. Sloan spends his days helping the Carson sisters before going home to his dog and his demons. He's suspicious of Ginger's sudden appearance, but as he gets to know the independent Ginger, he realizes that to begin anew he must face his own shadowed past. VERDICT Brown (Cowboy Courage) delivers a heartwarming read that twines faith, healing, and family against the backdrop of a small Texas town. Readers will be charmed by the antics of the three wily Carson sisters, while a slow-to-bloom and tender romance develops.—Michaelene Malan, P.L. of Enid & Garfield Cty., OK

Library Journal