Donn Taylor
ASIN: B01DQ6JVFY
Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas (March 31, 2016)
Pages: 281
Taylor’s powerful historical romance is filled with passion and heart, spiced with mystery and a keen understanding of the human condition. ~ Publishers Weekly In the years following World War II, a town too proud of its virtues has to deal with its first murder. Despite the implication of the crime, the town of Beneficent, Mississippi, population 479, tries to hold onto its vain image. The young veteran Jack Davis wholeheartedly believes the town's idyllic vision. He tries to share it with newcomer Lisa Kemper, but she is repelled by everything in the community. While the sheriff tries to find the murderer, Jack and Lisa's contentious courtship reveals the town's astute perceptions and surprising blind spots. But unexpectedly, the couple finds a kind of evil danger seething beneath the town's placid surface. When our pride blinds us to the truth we accept the lies of others.Written for ...