Nancy Pickard

The Scent of Rain and Lightning Nancy Pickard

Rose, Kansas, is a quiet town content with the orderly and the unpredictable. But a terrible secret lays long dormant, until one fateful day. Young Jody Linder wakes up one morning to find her three uncles on her doorstep. They bring the shocking news that Billy Crosby, the man convicted of murdering her father, is being released from prison and is returning to town. There also is Collin Crosby, the lawyer who has spent most of his life trying to prove his father's innocence. Now Jody must confront Collin and their shared antagonism-as well as their shared sense of loss that no one else can ever understand. The Scent of Rain and Lightning captures the essence of small-town America, its heartfelt intimacy and its darkest secrets, where through struggle and hardship people still dare to hope for a better future-and maybe even love.