Milk and Honey on the Other Side

In a rambunctious river town unsettled by the Great War and up-ended by change unlikely lovers are brought together—but dogged by inescapable bigotry. Despite the dangers, the heroine defies her southern upbringing; the hero fends off his inner demons.

For family and friends, race becomes a litmus test, each revealed by his responses to the chasm which separates black from white.