In this page-turning novel set in the Depression-era South, New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe transports readers to a small Alabama town where home is not always a sanctuary, and two neighboring families let pleasantries mask increasing resentment âŚ
Bootlegging was Milton and Yvonne Hamiltonâs ticket out of poverty, prison time, and plain bad luck. Now theyâve moved onâto a bigger, richer pool of clienteleâright in their own respectable new middle-class backyard. And their growing friendship with seemingly perfect couple Joyce and Odell Watson is proving golden in more ways than one âŚ
As Milton soon learns, Odell is hiding an outside family and dubious business dealings. Itâs the perfect recipe for a blackmail scheme that will help Milton hide his own dirty secretsâeven from Yvonne. Better yet, he can take ever more dangerous risks to ace out his liquor-smuggling rivalsâand add a lucrative temptation to his illicit services. And Yvonne, emboldened by her husbandâs new gravy train, delights in tormenting Joyce about everything the snobbish matron doesnât haveâespecially children.
But even a winning hand can be played too far. Pushed past their limits, Odell and Joyce will play on Miltonâs careless boastingâto get him and Yvonne out of their lives for good âŚ