1959. The long, hot summer bakes the sleepy, Southern town of Orchard Hill. Billy Ray Davenport, an aspiring physician and only son of an indomitable traveling minister, is a young man with a plan that starts with working in a small-town doctorâs office before he begins medical school in the fall. Handsome, principled, and keenly observant, he will lodge with the Millers, the local doctorâs family. But he never bargained for Lizzie Quinlanâa complex, kindred spirit who is beautiful and compassionate, yet scorned by the townsfolk. With her quirky wisdom and a spine of steel hidden beneath an effortless sensuality, Lizzie is about to change Billy Rayâs lifeâand his heartâforever.
Winner of the 2019 Kentucky Indie Author Project for adult fiction.