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At 21, Julie Jones is convinced that life is passing her by. Her mother's death four years ago left her in charge of caring for her father and five siblings, and dashed her hopes of meeting that special someone who would whisk her away to the glamorous big city. Then all at once, Julie's predictable existence is overturned when her father finds love with an attractive widow, and Evan Johnson, the mysterious son of the town drunkard returns home and starts courting her. With his arrival, however, comes a series of devastating tragedies as Evan's father is found murdered, and a series of brutal rapes rocks the town. In a rush to judgment, the townsfolk are all pointing to Evan as the guilty party, except for one person. Amid growing tensions, Julie Jones has been hiding a dark personal secret-and falling desperately in love.
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Connie T. (A light read, but draws one into the plot, - Julie Jones is a girl caught up in the Jazz age, and a mysterious crime spree in a small rural area.
"Charming story...sprightly dialogue and convincing depiction of farm life." ~Publishers Weekly~
Sue E. (Julie Jones is a plain girl working on her father's farm. She is not prepared for the Jazz age, roaring through America, sweeping a flapper named Birdie Stuart and war vetern Evan Johnson into her Missouri town.A wave of crimes threatens Evan's courtship od Julie and Birdie's schemes begin to tear her family apart. Soom everrything Julie believes in is at stake-including Evan's freedom-and Julie must decide how far she will go to fight for herself and those she loves.
Recreation of the American heartland of the 1920's with the story of an extraordinary young woman and the fearful challenges she must face.
This was a great read. A little slow starting out but ended up being a really great story!
Janine A. (great author
Julie Jones, a young woman who lives on her father's Missouri farm, falls in love with a quiet, intelligent World War I veteran named Evan. Evan returns her love, but when he is falsely accused of murder, their love is threatened.
A touching story of two people at cross purposes who struggle to save their marriage in the depression era.
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