{"product_id":"the-banty-house-9781542018814","title":"The Banty House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA homeless young woman finds an unexpected family in beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Carolyn Brown's novel of healing hearts and new beginnings in a small Texas town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, Carolyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCarolyn Brown is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Montlake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434631139602,"sku":"9781542018814","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64639ab5-d5b3-4ff7-ad64-56c99f0b7698.jpg?v=1729605761","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-banty-house-9781542018814","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}