Cynthia Ulmer

In 1943, ten-year-old Todd Jansan and his family live on a tobacco farm in the small, rural community of Cedar Cove, North Carolina. Their closest neighbor is a cruel man who punishes his children by holding them over a well, threatening to drop them to their deaths. When this neighbor becomes more involved in their lives, the Jansans face things they never could have imagined.Let Todd welcome you into his family where you will travel back in time to the days of farm life, strong family ties through, and of one man's unyielding cruelty. Todd's family finds their own existence in jeopardy from this monster. Will the family be able to survive the brutality? The story is told through the eyes of this young boy as he experiences the abuse surrounding him and the love that may help him to heal...

After breaking into W.G. Davis's home and stealing several checkbooks, Mark Gideon begins calling himself Worthington Grant Davis. He goes on the run, determined to find a new life as a wealthy man and to avoid capture by the law. Instead of beginning the life he envisions, he encounters trouble from a source he never imagined would be so formidable.

In 1943, Todd Jansan lives on a tobacco farm with his family in the small community of Cedar Cove, North Carolina. His Uncle Clyde is away at war after having mysteriously disappeared. The family also has to deal with living next door to a cruel man who punishes his children by holding them over a well and threatening to drop them to their death.

When she was five years old, Lilly Jean suffered an unforgettable tragedy at the hands of Horace Hammond. Thirteen years later, she has been accepted into nursing school. The only problem is her parents don't know. To them, she is still the little girl who needs protection. But Lilly Jean is ready to start becoming the woman she is meant to be.