\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;An impressive, gifted storyteller.\u0026rdquo;\u0026mdash;Katherine V. Forrest\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary McGhee is a legend\u0026mdash;heroic to some, hated by others. Her dead lover\u0026rsquo;s inheritance has fueled resentment among a dispossessed family, and in the South, grudges are as hard and immutable as the rocks themselves.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is one member of that family who seems immune to the grievances of the past. Jane Jackson is a lonely child, isolated from her brutal family by her intelligence and her adventurousness. She\u0026rsquo;s drawn to the lonely old woman who owns what her family expected to be theirs and who also carries some of their darkest secrets\u0026mdash;secrets of love, hate, and murder. But Jane\u0026rsquo;s devotion brings Mary as many problems as pleasures. Ugly rumors, emotional temptation, and a violent death swirl around, poisoning the innocence of their relationship.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Mary struggles with her own mortality, she tries to decide what\u0026rsquo;s best for Jane. But Jane Jackson has a mind of her own. A mind that is going to lead her into some difficult places and hard choices before she finally discovers what\u0026rsquo;s best for herself.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBett Norris\u003c/b\u003e gets up every morning at five and writes. She was a finalist in the first annual Bywater Prize for Fiction contest. She lives in Florida with her partner.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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