b'Miss Beth BettencourtA Bynum, Georgia NovelEva Marie EversonEva Marie Everson has sold more than 275,000 booksI ts 1962, and twenty-seven-year-old Beth Bettencourts world is turned upside down when she wakes to hear a man snoring in her house.Shes alone; her parents are in Europe mending their hearts after the unexpected death of Beths twin sister, Elise. Back at home in Bynum, Georgia, Beth tends to her kindergarten and closely guards her own heart. While beautiful and a beloved member of the community, Beth is an unusual specimen for her time as she nears thirty and remains unmarried.Beth harbors deep-seated unforgiveness against Elise, who excelled over Beth throughout their childhood and then ran off with Beths beau after being jilted herself. Not only that, but she took their grandmothers ring, which had been promised to Beth.Now, with Elise dead, her parents gone, the local DA in pursuit of Beths affections, and her brother-in-law attempting to return the stolen ring, a stranger enters her home and her world. David Patrick Martin seems ready to break down her wall of indifference and find the core of Miss Beth Bettencourt. But can he be trusted with Beths past, her present, and most importantly, her future?Eva Marie Everson is a multi-award-winning author and speaker from Sylvania, Georgia. She is CEO of Word Weavers Interna-tional and the director of Florida Christian Writers Conference. She coaches new authors through her company, Pen in Hand. Eva Marie and her husband make their home in Central Florida. Find her at evamarieeversonauthor.com.978-0-8254-5334-2$17.99Paperback5.5 x 8.5304 pagesFICTION / Christian / Romance / HistoricalKregel PublicationsRights: WWMay 12, 2026Related Titles Unique Selling PointsBy a Christy Award finalist, ECPA best-selling author, and recipient of the Yvonne Lehman Award and AWSA Lifetime Achievement AwardAuthor is the contest director for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, which grants the Selah AwardsCoal Black Lies A Simple Kindness inA Southern story set in Americas Camelot era978-0-8254-4823-2Flatsboro$17.99 978-0-8254-5564-3$17.99kregel.com | 5'