*IndieBRAG medallion recipient.

*Shelf Unbound Finalist for 2021 Best Indie Book Award.

*Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021 Finalist in the category of Historical Fiction.

*American Fiction Awards 2021 Finalist in the category of Family Saga.

*Shortlisted for the 2021 Goethe Award by Chanticleer International.

*Book Excellence Awards 2022 Finalist in the Historical category.

*National Indie Excellence Awards 16th Annual Finalist in the category of Regional Fiction: Southeast.

*Historical Fiction Company 2022 HFC 'Highly Recommended' Award.

*Literary Titan Gold Award, July 2022.

Headless dolls, horse races, and arson-the tools of passion.

It's 1899, and Caroline Corbett is ready for the twentieth century. She's excited to find work and meet new people-but gets more than expected when a rough-hewn Lowcountry farmer and a small-town doctor both engage her affections.

The broad-shouldered, genial farmer is clear about his desires, and he's there for her. The doctor is sophisticated, educated, and obviously the right choice-but sees no reason to dwell on certain realities.

In trying to decide between them, Caroline fails to consider the girl Jessie. A young sociopath bent on her own way, Jessie Bell sees very good reasons to dredge up unpleasant realities-and to create new ones. Before long, this South Carolina landscape is riddled with the detritus of her intense jealousies, which have set astonishing and horrifying events into motion.