Set in the hills of southern Missouri, a family's private dilemma is made public when, after fifteen years of estrangement, a son learns that his father has been falsely accused of abandoning both him and his incapacitated mother following divorce. Raised to loathe the man who left them, Cody is stunned to hear his mother admit that it was she who instigated the divorce, she who had asked that his father leave his home and everything he loved behind. Cecily had her reasons. Valid ones, or so the bed-bound woman believes until Cody's hatred is suddenly directed at her. Hurt by what he views as...
Set in the hills of southern Missouri, a family's private dilemma is made public when, after fifteen years of estrangement, a son learns that his fath...
Hurricane Katrina was a killer. Its passing destroyed not only homes, but it took a good chunk out of Gulf Coast people as well. Battering hopes, shattering dreams, drowning their already shaky security. Cherisse Bernard's family had been lucky. The storm that swept through the south had missed their homes completely. But how long could their good fortune possibly last? Now was the perfect time for Cherisse to make her move. She had three weeks in which to drive down to Louisiana, pack up her family and get them ensconced in her Kansas City townhome before the next big storm blew in. What...
Hurricane Katrina was a killer. Its passing destroyed not only homes, but it took a good chunk out of Gulf Coast people as well. Battering hopes, shat...
