When Stella was a child, her father told her life was about making bargains and sticking to them-but not every bargain is kept. Promises made on the front seat of a pickup truck were soon broken. At seventeen, Stella is an unwed mother struggling to care for a Down Syndrome son. Her father has deserted the family, her mother is sinking into depression, and a rundown Kentucky farm is her only chance of survival. Hope arrives in the form of Sawyer Warren, driving a dusty black Hudson. He offers her a deal and Stella's prospects seem to be looking up-until Sawyer gets in the way of a bullet....
When Stella was a child, her father told her life was about making bargains and sticking to them-but not every bargain is kept. Promises made on the f...
