Appalachian Cure

Kaycee Wilder is an award winning documentary filmmaker sent on a mission to bring a rural Appalachian medical clinic to life on film. She's expecting Dr. Daniel Chase to be a crotchety old country doctor, but when he turns out to be tall and hunky, with bedroom eyes, the sparks fly. He's stubborn and dominant, she's independent and feisty, he likes rules, she likes to break them, and neither can deny the physical attraction that's at war with their opposing personalities. It doesn't take long before Kaycee learns that butting heads with Dan lands her over his knee! But just as Kaycee and Dan are finding common ground, Kaycee uncovers a conspiracy that is making the local children sick, and all the evidence points to Dan covering it up. Does she follow her heart or the evidence to find an Appalachian Cure? If you like spanking romances, you'll love this book.

Mature subject matter for adults only. 71,688 words

Kaycee Wilder is an award winning documentary filmmaker sent on a mission to bring a rural Appalachian medical clinic to life on film. She's expecting Dr. Daniel Chase to be a crotchety old country doctor, but when he turns out to be tall and hunky, with bedroom eyes, the sparks fly. He's stubborn and dominant, she's independent and feisty, he likes rules, she likes to break them, and neither can deny the physical attraction that's at war with their opposing personalities. It doesn't take long before Kaycee learns that butting heads with Dan lands her over his knee! But just as Kaycee and Dan are finding common ground, Kaycee uncovers a conspiracy that is making the local children sick, and all the evidence points to Dan covering it up. Does she follow her heart or the evidence to find an Appalachian Cure? If you like spanking romances, you'll love this book.

Mature subject matter for adults only. 71,688 words

MT AIRY NC: [A.K.A. MAYBERRY]: The home of Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee and, of course, Otis, the endearing and lovable town "over-imbiber." We checked into the HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS in Mt. Airy looking forward to a few days of good Appalachian entertainment, down home cooking, & southern hospitality but were hit unexpectedly by this sign. NOTE: For my friends outside the USA I should mention that Mayberry is the fictional town in The Andy Griffith Show, the very popular TV series presented back in the 60s. Andy Griffith, the actor, portrayed Andy Taylor, the Sheriff and mentor of Mayberry. In real life, because of the Andy Taylor role, Andy Griffith has risen to an elevated level of esteem to those who are both native-born North Carolinians and faithful transplants. I was born and raised in NJ and lived there for 50 years before moving to NC where I have lived for the last 18 years. I can tell you that the profile of the average person from NJ is quite different from the average citizen of Mayberry. The two are like night and day. We never expected to see a sign such as this sign and we rolled over laughing.

This gentleman is playing the mandolin on the porch of one of the many cabins moved from the Appalachian mountains to the Museum of Appalachia. "Music has always played an important part in the lives of the people of this Appalachian region. Even in the most remote mountain cabin, shy of furniture and cooking utensils, one often finds two or three musical instruments. Folks valued their music and they took it quite seriously, although they may never have played outside the confines of their homes." quoted from the Museum of Appalachia website The Museum of Appalachia offers the Porch Musician Project (funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission's Art Builds Communities program) provides live, daily performance of authentic old-time music for the visitors at this fascinating museum.

" After keeping school for six years at the forks of Troublesome Creek in the Kentucky hills, James Still moved to a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch, on Little Carr Creek, and became "the man in the bushes" to his curious neighbors. Still joined the life of the scattered community. He raised his own food, preserved fruits and vegetables for the winter, and kept two stands of bees for honey. A neighbor remarked of Still, "He's left a good job, and come over in here and sot down." Still did sit down and write -- the classic novel River of Earth and many poems and short stories that have found their way into national publications. From the beginning, Still jotted down expressions, customs, and happenings unique to the region. After half a century those jottings filled twenty-one notebooks. Now they have been brought together in The Wolfpen Notebooks, together with an interview with Still, a glossary, a comprehensive bibliography of his work by William Terrell Cornett, and examples of Still's use of the "sayings" in poetry and prose. The "sayings" represent an aspect of the Appalachian experience not previously recorded and of a time largely past. James Still's fiction has won numerous awards, including the Marjorie Peabody Waite Award and the O. Henry Memorial Prize.