Wildflower Valley



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IT'S SUMMERTIME IN WILDFLOWER VALLEY...

Abby and Josh have weathered a few storms as they settled into their new life in Wildflower Valley, and now it's summer and time to grow their garden! New joys and challenges await as they start this new season and enjoy their spacious house addition... there's finally enough room for Abby's father to come and live with them, but is he having second thoughts? Meanwhile Bethany makes new friends, William finds an unexpected chess partner, and Rose gets her precious kitten at last. But will Jack have enough self-control to learn how to fire a gun--and can Josh trust him with it? As they pull together to face new setbacks and opportunities, the Bryants will have to discover if they have what it takes to keep going.

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They say there is a spender and a saver in every marriage, but that’s just a nicer way of saying one person is sensible, and one person… isn’t.
At least that’s what I’m thinking when my husband Josh comes bounding into the kitchen one gray February afternoon, a look of excited determination on his face. It’s a look I know well, and it usually means I need to brace myself.

“Abby,” he says. “I have an idea.”


My husband has a lot of ideas. After nineteen years of marriage, I’ve learned to listen to them with a mostly undisturbed equilibrium because often these ideas peter out without too much fanfare or fuss, although occasionally they’ve sputtered on longer than they should have, which takes another, more stalwart kind of patience.


“Okay,” I say as I start slicing some mushrooms for the casserole we’re having for dinner, even though two out of my four children don’t like mushrooms. I like them. I glance into the adjoining family room, to see if any of our four kids is sprawled there, listening with a silent, wide-eyed alertness, because they have the unfortunate tendency of either reacting with melodramatic horror to Josh’s idea (moving to the Falkland Islands) or unfettered excitement (buying a school bus and tricking it out like a camper van to travel the country) and neither is helpful when it comes to the notions that can occasionally grip Josh like a fever.

  • A Leap of Faith (Book 1)

    When Abby Bryant's husband Josh tells her he wants to move to West Virginia and homestead, she's incredulous... as well as worried. Josh has had some pretty out-there ideas before, but this one takes the cake! They have a perfectly nice life in suburban New Jersey, even if it's as busy and frenetic as everyone else's. And while Josh is his typically eager self, ready to start hammering nails, planting corn, and whatever else he's meant to do according to those YouTube videos he's watched, Abby is a lot more cautious. Binge-watching Alone doesn't mean you're ready to go off-grid, and they like their life in the suburbs... don't they?

    But then their kids get involved... sixteen-year-old Bethany, fourteen-year-old William, eleven-year-old Toby, and six-year-old Rose are all more on board than Abby could have ever expected, even if little Rose really just wants a cat. Abby starts to suspect she's the only one dragging her feet... but for how long? When their suburban life starts to come off the rails in all sorts of ways, Abby realizes something has to change. But is homesteading really the answer, especially when they're such newbies? Josh certainly seems to think so. With the help of her family, can Abby take that leap of faith?

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  • Both Feet In

    The Bryant family have taken the plunge and moved to Wildflower Valley, West Virginia! Tackling house renovations, barnyard disasters, homeschool high jinks and a garden that doesn't seem to want to grow, Abby and Josh and their four children must face every setback together, along with their motley crew of neighbors--Hooch, the self-proclaimed redneck with a heart of gold, the Hofhenburgers, a retired couple who seem to know everything about homesteading but don't necessarily want to share that information, Lily and Robby, the newlyweds with a dream of off-grid living who just might be in over their heads, and Barbara, a former flower child who talks to the earth.

    As they take on troubles together, Abby and Josh's faith in their homesteading future is sorely tested--but when you're both feet in, maybe you just need to keep going... no matter what gets thrown your way. The second book in the heartwarming Wildflower Valley series, following the Bryant family on their homesteading adventures!

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  • Time to Grow

    IT'S SUMMERTIME IN WILDFLOWER VALLEY...

    Abby and Josh have weathered a few storms as they settled into their new life in Wildflower Valley, and now it's summer and time to grow their garden! New joys and challenges await as they start this new season and enjoy their spacious house addition... there's finally enough room for Abby's father to come and live with them, but is he having second thoughts? Meanwhile Bethany makes new friends, William finds an unexpected chess partner, and Rose gets her precious kitten at last. But will Jack have enough self-control to learn how to fire a gun--and can Josh trust him with it? As they pull together to face new setbacks and opportunities, the Bryants will have to discover if they have what it takes to keep going.

  • Safely Gathered In

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