<b>In this page-turning novel set in the Depression-era South, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Mary Monroe transports readers to a small Alabama town where home is not always a sanctuary, and two neighboring families let pleasantries mask increasing resentment. . .</b><br><b><i> </b></i><br>Bootlegging was Milton and Yvonne Hamilton's ticket out of poverty, prison time, and plain bad luck. Now they've moved on&#8212;to a bigger, richer pool of clientele&#8212;right in their own respectable new middle-class backyard. And their growing friendship with seemingly-perfect couple Joyce and Odell Watson is proving golden in more ways than one . . .<br> <br>As Milton soon learns, Odell is hiding an outside family and dubious business dealings. It's the perfect recipe for a blackmail scheme that will help Milton hide his own dirty <br>secrets&#8212;even from Yvonne. Better yet, he can take ever more dangerous risks to ace out his <br>liquor-smuggling rivals&#8212;and add a lucrative temptation to his illicit services. And Yvonne, emboldened by her husband's new gravy train, delights in tormenting Joyce about everything the snobbish matron doesn't have&#8212;especially children. <br> <br>But even a winning hand can be played too far. Pushed past their limits, Odell and Joyce will play on Milton's careless boasting&#8212;to get him and Yvonne out of their lives for good. And soon, a devastating frame-up will plunge one couple into a living nightmare&#8212;and set the stage for explosive retribution . . .