Coming October 7, 2025: Leta Pearl’s Love Biscuits
It’s 1982 in Bailey Springs, Alabama, where secrets aren’t just whispered—they’re baked right into the biscuits.
Trudy Abernathy has kept her head down since high school when folks blamed her for star-quarterback Jimmie Beaumont’s tragic demise. Now engaged to a blue-blood politician, Haskel Moody, Trudy’s back in the spotlight—especially after taking a job teaching chemistry to save Haskel’s campaign for mayor.
As Trudy encounters old high school ghosts, she also confronts Coach Shug Meechum, whose laid-back charm and infuriating grin incite more than just her frustrations. Meanwhile, Trudy’s mother, Leta Pearl, has been giving some chemistry lessons of her own—by slipping her mysterious love-inducing biscuits to the men in town.
In Bailey Springs, football, tradition, and appearances often mean more than truth. So, when secret recipes are uncovered, and new desires collide with a long-buried tragedy, Trudy must decide if she’ll play by the rules—or risk everything for the life she wants.
A laugh-out-loud romp with a scootch of Southern magic, Leta Pearl’s Love Biscuits confirms that true love—like the best biscuits—takes a little heat to rise.
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