Books like White Trash Beautiful by Teresa Mummert

Sky Saunders, a high‑school senior, is drawn into a dangerous romance with the mysterious Dean Holder, whose secrets force her to confront a buried past and question everything she knows about trust.

Eighteen‑year‑old Layken wrestles with grief and responsibility after her father’s death, but a sudden romance with neighbor Will—whose passion for poetry slams sparks hope—throws her life into turmoil when their fragile connection is shattered.

Abby Abernathy, a college student, is attracted to Travis Maddox, a wealthy man, but they end up living together after a bet to abstain from sex.

A vivid, unflinching collection of short stories that explores love, loss, and redemption in the lives of working‑class Southern women, many of whom are lesbians, with raw honesty and emotional depth.

Two close friends in their early thirties navigate a life‑shifting change when one of them unexpectedly discovers she is pregnant.

Delia Byrd returns to Cayro, Georgia, to reclaim a former life and her two daughters after leaving a rock‑and‑roll existence in California.

A collective of African American women in Georgia search for the healing power of salt, only to encounter an event that transforms their community forever.

Ashton feels pressured by her boyfriend Sawyer and finds herself drawn to Sawyer's cousin Beau, who loves Ashton but struggles with family loyalty. A love triangle blooms in this contemporary teen romance.

Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, returns to her beloved South with Beach House Memories, the sequel to The Beach House! Autumn brings haunting beauty to the sun-soaked dunes on Isle of Palms, where Olivia “Lovie” Rutledge lives in her beloved Primrose Cottage. As the seasons change, Lovie remembers one special summer… In 1974, America is changing, but Charleston remains eternally the same. When Lovie married aristocratic, well-connected businessman Stratton Rutledge, she turned over her fortune and fate to his control. But she refused to relinquish one thing: her family’s old seaside cottage. Precious summers with her children on the barrier island are Lovie’s refuge from social expectations and her overbearing husband’s philandering. Here, she is the “Turtle Lady,” tending the loggerhead turtles that lay their eggs in the warm night sand and then slip back into the sea. Then, in the summer of ‘74, biologist Russell Bennett visits to research the loggerheads. Their shared interest brings them together, and soon it blooms into a passionate, profound love—forcing Lovie to face an agonizing decision. Stratton’s influence is far-reaching, and if she dares to dream beyond a summer affair, she risks losing her reputation, her wealth, even her children. This emotional tale of a strong woman torn between duty and desire, between tradition and change, is an empowering journey through the seasons of self-discovery. Until this autumn, this time of winds and tides, of holding on and letting go…

Nonny Frett navigates a tangled family legacy in the small town of Georgia, where old feuds, dual motherhood, and hidden secrets threaten to unravel everything she holds dear.

Jane Harris flees an uneasy past and finds new life on the Montana prairie, where she meets John Whitefeather, a Cheyenne chief whose presence awakens her deepest desires.