Five Miles to Paradise

You'd give your life for her. Now, you might have to... Thayard Jackbo Bone is missing, and Sheriff Heck Waterstim has to solve the mystery of his disappearance. Is it murder or just an accident? The old man is a colorful character who has been a fixture in the county for ages. Everyone wants T-Bone, as he's called, to work for them, including the wealthy Sebastian family.

Early Sebastian is beautiful, wild, and damned. Her brother tries to keep the family secrets in the closet, but he is failing.

Five Miles to Paradise continues the saga of Leah and Sheriff Heck Waterstim. Set in the delta farm country of Lafayettah County, the story picks up where Pale Moon Over Paradise ended. Friendship blossoms into romance. Now, Leah and Sheriff Heck are involved in an interracial relationship. This can only spell trouble.

In the 1950s in Mississippi, African Americans still live under the weight of Jim Crow laws enacted to ensure segregation among blacks and whites. Racism is rampant. The term ‘nigger' is as common as boll weevils in the cotton fields, and nobody is disgusted by its use or blinks an eye. Discrimination is an every day thing. Leah is a strong female protagonist who proves larger than the narrow attitudes and injustice she is forced to confront.

Five Miles to Paradise is a book for fans of the 1950s and the South. My writing has been described as Anne Rice meets Mary Higgins Clark. Enter the wild world where families struggle to survive in a world of racist hate and bigotry.

Pale Moon Over Paradise ebook categories

- Literature & Fiction

- African American

- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

- United States

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