House of Cards

The reason for gathering may be cards, but the game is really gossip. 


Widow Kaylen Stauder is more or less content with her non-dating status. She's listened for decades to the hateful gossip bandied by the women of the Freshwater Magnolia Club—and she wants none of it to be about her. 


Coping with domineering men all her life, she didn't count on falling for gentle Eda Byrne. She didn't plan for love, let alone passion, especially with another woman. She's never believed in irresistible attraction, until now. 


Past the time of life when she ever thought she'd have to make such choices, Kaylen must decide which she needs more: her community or a woman's love. 


Nat Burns peels away the civilized veneer of a small North Carolina town in this passionate story of a mature woman discovering the price and value of love for the first time.