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The author's debut adult fiction novel is the first book in the Beauregard Family series about family ties, long- buried secrets, dead bodies, scandal, and one woman's journey from discarded to redeemed. Laura Lynne, youngest daughter of the Beauregard family, receives a call from her uncle. He is in jail for murder. Laura Lynne's adult life has involved a divorce, remarriage, blended family, move, and career change. She has become a confident and successful woman in her new life. But one call and she feels like a teenager back in Mississippi being cast out of her parents' home and privileged life for circumstances beyond her control. She has not returned to the family farm, Tea Olive Plantation, since 1985. Skeletal remains have been unearthed, and along with them secrets and demons, demons that Laura Lynne has kept hidden well and has no desire to unleash. Faced with family obligations and her past, Laura Lynne returns to Venice, Mississippi. Here she rekindles relationships with her best friend, Grace, and her high school English teacher, Mary. Laura Lynne discovers a pattern of missing girls, stories all too similar to her own that fateful summer of her sophomore year. While she works to hold on to the amazing life she has created, she knows she must confront the evil that has haunted her for decades and bring to justice the man who is still actively pursuing other victims. What she discovers is chilling and freeing

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"5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put it down! I read Home Cries the Soul in three sittings...only stopping when I had to. The writing is so descriptive I can picture Tea Olive Plantation as if I've seen it, as well as the Beauregard/Cooper family, in person. I look forward to the next episode! 5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you on your seat! Great summer time reading, amazing job with the book that keeps you motivated to read more. Great job Leah super proud of you! 5.0 out of 5 stars Genteel Southern Gothic Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024Definite RECOMMEND: Finished Leah Dawkins' debut novel in the wee hours of this morning. I especially love the wide cast of characters from the charming genteel aging Uncle Gabe to the petty, conniving ""nouveau riche,"" Natalie. In this charming novel, Leah employs many elements of the Southern Gothic genre: Big Mansions (not decaying); long buried secrets galore; a corpse(""Dead Doe""); political corruption; sinister intentions etc. But unlike the traditional gothic, this novel has a much more positive tone. Ultimately themes about forgiveness and strong family bonds drive the novel to its conclusion. Oh, wait! Many unresolved ""secrets"" leave us waiting for the next book in the series!"

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Leah Dawkins is a lifelong reader and avid diarist, chronicling her experiences as a divorcee, single mom, Christian, yogi, nurse and now Lola. Leah and her husband live in a small southern town with their chickens and a stray cat, Atticus.

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