Stories With Southern Heart

Welcome to the Story Worlds of Carol Reece.

Come sit a while. Wander into a North Georgia town filled with old promises, second chances, and front-porch secrets, or open the door to stories shaped by courage, mystery, family, and magic.

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Two Shelves. Two Very Different Kinds of Magic.

Whether you are in the mood for small-town romance and second chances or fantasy, danger, and impossible choices, there is a story waiting with the door already open.

Small-Town Romance

Love in Laurel Crossing

Old promises, family secrets, second chances, and the kind of love that feels like finally finding your way home.

3 Books North Georgia Romance & Mystery
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Fantasy, Memoir & More

Carol’s Boutique Library

Adventure, courage, family stories, personal reflections, and books that carry readers far beyond the ordinary.

Fantasy True Stories More to Discover
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The Bell House Promise is almost here.

Ivy Carver came to Laurel Crossing for the librarian job. At least, that is the story she lets everyone believe. Behind the quiet shelves is a mystery tied to the vanished bride at the heart of the town’s most beloved legend.

Book One releases August 14, 2026.

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The Bell House Promise by Carol Reece Releasing August 14 2026
From Carol’s Shelves

Stories Ready to Come Home With You.

Start with one of Carol’s featured books, then step into the full boutique library whenever you are ready to keep browsing.

Fantasy & Adventure Soul Stealer by Carol Reece
The Cassie Lewis Chronicles

Soul Stealer

Magic, danger, courage, and one girl standing between an evil sorcerer and the destruction of everything she loves.

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Laurel Crossing · Book One The Bell House Promise by Carol Reece
Love in Laurel Crossing

The Bell House Promise

A vanished bride, an old promise, a small-town mystery, and a second chance that refuses to be forgotten.

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Laurel Crossing · Book Two Whispers on Sycamore Street by Carol Reece
Love in Laurel Crossing

Whispers on Sycamore Street

Two people inherit opposite sides of an old feud and discover that love may be the only truth their families cannot bury.

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Laurel Crossing · Book Three Where the Heart Stays by Carol Reece
Love in Laurel Crossing

Where the Heart Stays

She was only passing through. He gave her a reason to wonder whether home had been waiting for her all along.

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Something New Is Always Taking Shape.

New releases, preorder announcements, cover reveals, and occasional notes from Carol will be shared here as soon as there is something worth opening the door for.

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Carol Reece, author of the Love in Laurel Crossing series Author · Scientist · Storyteller Carol Reece
From North Georgia With stories to share.
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Stories Rooted in Home, Heart, and Imagination.

Carol Reece writes from the quiet beauty of North Georgia, where mountains, family stories, garden paths, old houses, and small-town secrets have a way of finding their way onto the page.

By day, Carol works as a scientist. In the spaces between, she reads, gardens, cooks, creates new worlds, and writes the kinds of stories she hopes readers will want to return to.

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Thank you for stopping by. The porch light is on, and the next story is waiting.