One Block Down Main: Book Three of the Lost Creek Novels

by Veda Boyd Jones

A small town novel with unforgettable characters, One Block Down Main, continues widow Olivia Jenkins' journey through grief with help from friends old and new. Her home in the old train station is still in a state of flux, and her celebrity friends have decided to put down tendrils and roots in Lost Creek, Arkansas, too. Three-time Oscar winner Ruby is captivated with the place. TV actress Anna wants to change her life entirely to avoid any association with her family's tragic background while Olivia is searching for her family's background and a connection to the present. A secret bar and a long ago mysterious college fire add intrigue.

Combining the hope and confidence of youth and the wisdom of age, One Block Down Main explores friendships and love that never ends.

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176 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 11, 2026

About the author

Veda Boyd Jones enjoys the challenge of writing for diverse readers. She is the author of forty-two books: five children's historical novels, twenty-one children's biographies, three children's nonfiction books, three picture books, nine romance novels, and a coloring book. Other published works include over 400 articles and stories in children's and adult magazines (Cricket, Highlights, Humpty Dumpty, The Writer, Writer's Digest, Woman's World, etc.), articles in reference books, and five romance novellas. Veda has taught writing at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, and currently teaches for the Institute of Children's Literature. She and her husband, Jimmie, an architect, have three sons, Landon, Morgan, and Marshall.

Veda is a previous winner of the Writer's Digest Writing Competition in the articles division for a children's profile of Rachel Carson. Her romance novel Callie's Mountain was voted best contemporary in the annual readers' poll by Heartsong Presents a few years ago. Among her awards through the years from the Missouri Writer's Guild are Best Magazine Article, Best Historical Article, Best Adult Fiction, Best Children's Fiction, Best Children's Book, and Best Romance Novel.


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Reviews

[April Regan · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Favorite of the Series

The books in this series just keep getting better. I can’t wait for the next book to hear what happens to everyone in Lost Creek.