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Pepper Basham

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Pepper D Basham has been telling tales ever since she was a little girl. When her grandmother called her a “writer” at the age of ten, Pepper took it as gospel and has enjoyed various types of writing styles ever since. A native of the Blue Ridge Mountains, mom of five, speech-language pathologist, and lover of chocolate, Pepper enjoys sprinkling her native Appalachian culture into her fiction wherever she can. She currently resides in the lovely mountains of the New River Valley in Virginia.

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I have always loved to laugh.

When I say that, I can’t help but get a picture of the scene in Mary Poppins where they have tea on the ceiling.

And I enjoy lots of different kinds of humor (sarcasm may be my favorite, but…not my only).

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Pepper Basham and 2 other people liked Sarah's review of The Cinderella Plot:
The Cinderella Plot by Pepper Basham
"What a delightful read! The Cinderella Plot by Pepper Basham is a must-read novel for girls and women of all ages—though it is marketed as a young adult rom-com.

This charming story, which is as thought-provoking as it is sweet and inspiring, tells t" Read more of this review »
Pepper Basham and 3 other people liked Abigail's review of The Cinderella Plot:
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"“ The Cinderella Plot” was a fun YA romcom! Pepper Basham’s usual humor was sprinkled throughout the story. Paisley gets a self help book to gain confidence and become a new and better self. This was an interesting storyline. I enjoyed the movie refe" Read more of this review »
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"“Sometimes the scariest thing in the world is letting people see the real you.”

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This book made me laugh quite a few times. I liked Chris, he was my favorite character. I think that Paisley really cared about Chris even before she re" Read more of this review »
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" Sarah!! Thank you so much!! (and way to guess that movie! one of my favs!!) "
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" THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Oh my goodness, this made me smile so much. "Move over Mr. Darcy!" ...more "
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I'm so sorry for my late response! If you are still interested, there will be a final book coming out in July 2026 :)
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“It took being forced into unwanted matchmaking for me to discover who I was, what I wanted, and my own perfect match. Isn’t that what we all want down deep? To be seen for who we are, even with all our flaws, and be loved anyway. Completely.”
Pepper D. Basham, Authentically, Izzy: A fun, low-spice, bookish rom-com told through emails, texts, and letters

“I'm going to be a princess that fights dragons. Ain't no good to sit up in your tower and watch the prince have all the fun.”
Pepper D. Basham, A Twist of Faith

“Love’s worth being brave, ain’t it? Brave again and again and again.”
Pepper D. Basham, The Heart of the Mountains

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This is the poll for January's Books of the Month. The two with the most votes will be our reads!

The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron
 
  11 votes 32.4%

A Twist of Fate by Pepper D. Basham A Twist of Faith by Pepper Basham
 
  5 votes 14.7%

The Covered Deep by Brandy Vallance The Covered Deep by Brandy Vallance
 
  4 votes 11.8%

Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
 
  3 votes 8.8%

Murder Simply Brewed by Vannetta Chapman Murder Simply Brewed (Amish Village Mystery #1) by Vannetta Chapman
 
  3 votes 8.8%

The Lassoed by Marriage Collection by Angela Bell The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection by Mary Connealy
 
  2 votes 5.9%

Heiress by Susan May Warren Heiress (Daughters of Fortune, #1) by Susan May Warren
 
  2 votes 5.9%

The Promise of Jesse Woods by Chris Fabry The Promise of Jesse Woods by Chris Fabry
 
  2 votes 5.9%

I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones
 
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“I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist.”
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“It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good. I don’t like Chinese food, but I don’t write articles trying to prove it doesn’t exist.”
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“Pray that God is the most important thing in your life, so much so that hurting him wold hurt you. When that happens, and your choices line up with his, it produces an amazing ripple effect of blessings--in your life, that of your family, and for the man you eventually marry.”
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“I'm going to be a princess that fights dragons. Ain't no good to sit up in your tower and watch the prince have all the fun.”
Pepper D. Basham, A Twist of Faith

“God holds us. We are protected by His grip in such a precious way that the good and the bad must pass through His fingers to us. No harm, fear, or pain can reach us without His allowance, and yet, it is a loving grip. A loving allowance we cannot understand until time has frayed our pride and tempered our heartbreak. And even then, our only answer may be to trust His love more than our understanding.”
Pepper D. Basham, The Thorn Keeper

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