Love Finds a Home Series

Sing Me Home Love Finds a Home, Book 1 “A delightful book.”—bestselling author Catherine Anderson “A treasure…a tender romantic story”—bestselling author Susan Wiggs Country rock star Jonathan Van Castle is back on the road and back in the spotlight. Fleeing ecstatic fans at a small-town stop in the Missouri Ozarks, he lands at the mercy of a singularly unimpressed widow, Lil O’Malley Ryan. Jon is intent on reviving his career and gaining custody of his children from a scheming ex-wife. Lil is trying to rebuild her life and hang on to her livelihood amid the always well-meaning and often-exasperating advice and bustle of her big close-knit family. Neither has romance on the mind. But when Jon’s children are jeopoardized, they join forces—and soon the big-time country singer and small-town bookseller discover love is a melody you just can’t forget. Originally published by Penguin Putnam in 2004

Follow Me Home Love Finds a Home #2 By Jerri Corgiat “A thoughtful story…with just the right touch of sweetness.” —Bestselling author Pamela Morsi Slinging hash in the local diner isn’t exactly where socialite Alcea O'Malley Addams expected to find herself, but divorce hit hard at her pocketbook and self-worth. Now she must face a platter of problems, from foreclosure to a difficult daughter, from a frustrating mother to life in a noxious pink trailer. So it simply seems beyond belief when her old high school crush Dakota Jones, brother of the tramp who stole her husband, returns to town and veers straight into her heart—with a past the nomadic author resists knowing and a majorly full-blown commitment phobia. Originally published by Penguin Putnam in 2004

Home at Last Love Finds a Home #3 By Jerri Corgiat “…takes the reader on a wonderful journey into the lives of this incredibly strong and caring family…I found myself totally captivated.”—Dina Smith, Romance Junkies After her career and love life both lurch the wrong way, Mari O’Malley returns to the Missouri Ozarks, drafted by her bossy sisters to care for their mother. Boredom at the family’s cabin on Lake Kesibwi has her poking her nose into the life of her sister’s troubled adolescent son. Helping him lands her in the arms of her childhood playmate, former bad-boy Andy Eppelwaite. Soon their good-natured squabbling turns to love. But choices Mari made in her big-city life threaten to destroy their budding relationship, much as it seems her nephew is intent on destroying himself. Originally published by Penguin Putnam in 2005 What the critics said… “Corgiat skillfully interweaves (life issues)…into this hard-hitting contemporary southern romance featuring a likeable, if flawed, adult Dorothy trying to decide where she really belongs: Oz or Kansas.” —Lynne Welch, Booklist, 2005 “…a terrific O’Malley contemporary romance that stands alone because Jerri Corgiat cleverly intertwines the key elements from the previous novels into the fine story line.” —Harriet Klausner, July 2005 “…a gripping emotional story guaranteed to find that special home in readers’ hearts!” —Cindy, loveromances.com, September 2005  “By the end of the novel, the reader will feel she could go to the café in Cordelia and chat with any of the characters over a cup of coffee and homemade pie.” —Roberta, A Romance Review, July 2005 “…the road towards self-awareness, understanding, forgiveness and mutual acceptance is not easy…Corgiat doesn’t simplify things anymore than she reduces her characters to cardboard paragons.” —Mary Benn, aromancereader.com “Cordelia, Missouri, is a wonderful down-home town to visit and make new friends, ones you will want to visit again and again in this keeper of a series.” —Diana Risso, Romance Reviews Today

Home by Starlight Love Finds a Home #4 By Jerri Corgiat Featured selection for Literary Guild, Doubleday, and Rhapsody Book Clubs in 2006 Juggling four children, livestock, and a rundown farmhouse in the Ozarks, widowed and shy Patsy Lee O’Malley barely has time for sleep, let alone indulgence in dreams. When a mishap knocks her off her feet at an O’Malley wedding, her famous brother-in-law’s bandmate, Zeke Townley, comes to her rescue. The roar of his fans’ applause long stilled, the retired musician enjoys a sophisticated life at his San Francisco townhome. Accepting a wine-soaked dare, he’s aghast to find himself committed to sojourn amid Patsy Lee’s rambunctious family in rural Missouri—until he’s swept up in the children’s problems and swept off his own feet by a modest country woman, a woman who doesn’t want him. Originally published by Penguin Putnam in 2006 What the critics said… “…breaks out of the traditional ‘romance mold’… a delightfully refreshing novel.” —Jennifer Harden, The Romance Readers Connection, July 2006 “Ms. Corgiat has worked her writing magic again and the return visit to Cordelia is as warm and friendly as a visit with old friends. At the same time, this author is not afraid to take an unflinching look at issues that face us all whether we live in a small town or a big city.” —Roberta, A Romance Review, 2006 “A thoroughly lovely book.” —Samantha Andrick, Fresh Fiction “Life’s simple charms flow out of the pages…and into the reader’s heart. Ms. Corgiat, your talent for writing about the beautiful graces of life is quite evident.” —Dina Smith, Romance Junkies “Home by Starlight is a magnificent read, which will have you totally engrossed from cover to cover.” —Tangela Williams, My Shelf, June 2006

Take Me Home Love Finds a Home Series #5 By Jerri Corgiat Featured selection for Literary Guild, Doubleday, and Rhapsody Book Clubs in 2007 Beautiful and beguiling Florida Jones is a small-town Missouri Ozarks success, with her thriving business, spirited young daughter, and engagement to a wealthy sought-after bachelor who promises to give her the wider world she yearns for. Then an unexpected visit from the mother who abandoned her sparks a tragic accident, unearths family secrets, and leaves her dependent on the very woman she loathes—as well as the ex-lover who long ago threw her over. Originally published by Penguin Putnam in 2007 What the critics said… “Readers that seek a rich, multidimensional novel about 'picking yourself up by the bootstraps' will definitely want to pick up and enjoy Take Me Home.” —Contemporary Romance Readers, September 2007 “…a powerfully moving story…a brilliant read, and nothing short of miraculous.” —RomanceReaderatHeart.com, Fall 2007 “Corgiat again works her magic… these stories tug at your heart and make you look at yourself. Don’t miss this author.” —Romantic Times Book Reviews, Fall 2007 A Blue Ribbon Review: “Corgiat has become one of my ‘must read’ authors.” —Roberta Austin, Romance Junkies, Fall 2007 “…a very entertaining, poignant book, filled with the nuances that characterize a small Southern town.” —The Romance Readers Connection, Fall 2007 “…a mesmerizing story about life… I highly recommend this book.” —Deborah C. Jackson, Romance Reviews Today, Fall 2007

My Heart Finds Home Love Finds a Home #6 By Jerri Corgiat A new and original novel in Fall 2016! The stirring and heartwarming conclusion to the Love Finds a Home series. Introducing the Barrington family featured in Jerri’s upcoming series set on the Texas Coastal Bend, Love on Blue Heron Bay. A ferocious tornado wreaks havoc and sends the populace of the small Ozarks town of Cordelia, Missouri, reeling. Whirlwind Daisy O’Malley Mastin does similar damage, upending the O’Malley family as the storm blows apart the tangle of deceit she knotted years ago. Her recklessness drives her husband Daniel and her cousin Melanie Van Castle ever closer in a relationship they know is forbidden, and her young son into the home of the wealthy Barrington family, where its matriarch Elizabeth Barrington is determined to keep him. Elizabeth’s live-in employee, Rachel Mindenhall, vows to shield the boy, as well as her own disabled son, from her employer's schemes, while also hiding a secret and the longings of her wayward heart. Three young women each reach a crossroads—a life of duty or a life of love where satisfying their hearts’ yearnings could result in devastation for people they love. Critical Acclaim for the the Love Finds a Home series… Sing Me Home: RT Bookclub Editors’ nomination for 2004 Best Contemporary Novel with Romantic Elements Sing Me Home: Reviewers International First Place Award for Excellence 2005 (in Debut Romance) Follow Me Home: Blether Gold Award 2005 Home by Starlight and Take Me Home were featured selections of Literary Guild, Doubleday, Rhapsody Book Clubs in 2007/2008. “The unforgettable characters resonate long after the last page is turned.”—RT Bookclub Feb, 2004 “If a reader is very lucky, sometimes a new author will come on the scene and steals her heart... Jerri Corgiat is that kind of author, and Follow Me Home is that kind of incredible book.”—Affaire de Coeur “Corgiat skillfully interweaves (life issues)…into this hard-hitting contemporary southern romance…”—Booklist (Home at Last) “Ms. Corgiat, your talent for writing about the beautiful graces of life is quite evident.”—Dina Smith, Romance Junkies (Home by Starlight) “Corgiat again works her magic… Don’t miss this author.”—Romantic Times Book Reviews, Fall 2007