Miss Becky's Buttercup

In 1901, in Prairie Springs-Apple City, Kansas-Colonel Harry Ulysses Jake is preparing to retire from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate Corps and begin a new life in Panama City, Panama. But his plans unravel when his father dies, forcing him to return home for the funeral after twenty-three years away.

Back among the people he left behind, Harry must confront his past and uncover the secrets his closest friends have kept. Long-standing family feuds have fostered secrecy, isolation, and generational hardship. Can the Devine and Jake families reconcile? Can love overcome greed and hatred? Will a broken family finally reunite? And how will the charitable acts of Colonel Jake's father help the community flourish?

Even Miss Becky Devine's Welsh pony, Buttercup, has a part to play in moving events forward. Can love change everything?

Take a bite of the apple.