About This Book
1924
A brisk New England autumn was settling on a nation further chilled by Prohibition. Heartbroken, disappointed by an unsuccessful career on the stage, Betsy Olsen heads home to her uncle's Greystone Tavern hoping to find solace. But the tavern is now a front for a rough game—rumrunning—and a mysterious murder soon draws Betsy into a liaison with a dangerously attractive member of the gang. Confused by the attentions of a prosperous bachelor, plagued by memories of her rumrunner-suitor's illicit past, she is forced to make the decision of her life—and the wrong choice could mean the fatal difference between love and death…
A brisk New England autumn was settling on a nation further chilled by Prohibition. Heartbroken, disappointed by an unsuccessful career on the stage, Betsy Olsen heads home to her uncle's Greystone Tavern hoping to find solace. But the tavern is now a front for a rough game—rumrunning—and a mysterious murder soon draws Betsy into a liaison with a dangerously attractive member of the gang. Confused by the attentions of a prosperous bachelor, plagued by memories of her rumrunner-suitor's illicit past, she is forced to make the decision of her life—and the wrong choice could mean the fatal difference between love and death…