![]() ![]() You can get to know me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, or Twitter. Single mom, Eisley Barrett, prefers to keep romance safely between the pages of a book, on the silver screen, or locked within a 400-year-old mystery. It’s a sequel to Laurel’s Dream and both are now available. Romantic Times 4 1/2 stars Top Pick rating. My newest book, The Heart of the Mountains, brings readers into the early 20th century Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. I’m also a speech-language pathologist who spends her time hanging out with kids who have social communication and language difficulties! It’s a challenge and a blessing – and constantly teaches me about the importance of thinking outside the box! My mom says that I must have a small bit of insanity because I don’t realize how stressed I ought to be. So…now I’m an older, freckled-faced mommy enjoying life, learning to write, and laughing often. My music-director turned pastor husband took his first senior pastor position eight years ago, moved the 6 of us to Tennessee, where we added our fifth and final kid to the Basham crew. ![]() It wasn’t until I finished college, had two children, and a full-time job before I began to study the ‘craft’ of writing (you know when I had plenty of time). Coming from a long line of oral storytellers, weaving a good yarn seemed a typical part of my life. I wrote my first story when I was a nine year- old, freckled-faced tomboy in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (my earlier writings wouldn’t have been considered “books”, more like short stories). ![]()
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