The bestselling Sandra Brown stirs both heart and principles with this romance that brilliantly captures a bygone era.
Best known for thrillers like Smash Cut, Brown travels back to 1930s Texas for Rainwater. There, Ella Barron manages her boarding house, her autistic son Solly and her life with efficiency and grace. She's hesitant about taking in a new lodger, David Rainwater, sensing that his arrival heralds the winds of change.
Beyond the walls of the stable life she's created, the world is in turmoil. Foreclosure and financial ruin are all around. This desperation feeds the racial tensions that simmer below the surface, with Ella's nemesis, Conrad Ellis, and his thugs, spreading fear through the town.
As tensions are wound to breaking point, Mr Rainwater proves a source of resolve and restraint. But on a hellishly hot night, the violence explodes – and Ella will need every ounce of her inner strength to survive the fall-out.