Jennifer Hallmark writes Southern fiction with a twist. Her website and newsletter focus on her books, love of the South, and favorite fiction. She loves reading and streaming fantasy, science fiction, mysteries, or her favorite subject—time travel.
Jessie’s Hope, her first novel, was a Selah Award nominee for First Novel. She creates stories with unforgettable characters—her stories are a little eerie and otherworldly but with a positive turn.
Jessie’s Hope
Years ago, an accident robbed Jessie Smith’s mobility. It also stole her mother and alienated her from her father. When Jessie’s high school sweetheart Matt Jansen proposes, her parents’ absence intensifies her worry that she cannot hold on to those she loves.
With a wedding fast approaching, Jessie’s grandfather Homer has a goal to find the perfect dress for “his Jessie,” one that would allow her to forget, even if for a moment, the boundaries of her wheelchair. But financial setbacks and unexpected sabotage hinder his plans.
Determined to heal from her past, Jessie initiates a search for her father. Can a sliver of hope lead to everlasting love when additional obstacles—including a spurned woman and unpredictable weather—hijack Jessie’s dream wedding?
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Smoking Flax
Almost nineteen-year-old Reed Anderson wants to belong in a world where he hasn’t always fit and deal with the eerie events of his thirteenth summer. Aunt Lula had predicted his life would shift and if he survived, this would be his chance to start over. Even though six years have passed, does he want to confront the lies he’s always believed?
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