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Book Synopsis A Ruthless Love Story by : K.L. Hall
Download or read book A Ruthless Love Story written by K.L. Hall and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When love leaves nineteen-year-old Loyalty Wallace with nothing but a pair of bruised ribs, she finds herself with $500,000 in stolen cash from her boyfriend, Whip, and a target on her back. She plans to use that money to escape her toxic relationship, but what she doesn’t know is the money she stole wasn’t his to keep. It was a loan from the Belmonte family, one of the most dangerous families in the heart of the Big Apple. Most children are taught not to play with their food, but Nevahn “Lourde” Belmonte was taught never to play with his money. He comes from a world of trappers and killers disguised as businessmen, so there are no college savings or 401K’s, only street money. As the only son of a street god, he’s next in line to inherit the million-dollar family “business” until his father throws a wrench in his plans. He must create a legacy, and he will not hand him the keys to the kingdom until he has a wife. With the lifestyle he lives, there’s no room for monogamy, let alone marriage. When Loyalty’s actions land her in Lourde’s presence, he’s immediately drawn to her fearlessness and beauty. She just may be the girl he needs to get what he wants. When given the chance, he makes her an offer she can’t refuse. Over time, what was supposed to be just a “business” deal turns into much more than just six zeros scribbled on a check. In A Ruthle$$ Love Story, she will find out what it’s like to fall in love with a man whose reputation is almost as ruthless as his smile, and he will learn what it means to love someone unconditionally.
Book Synopsis A Ruthless Love Story 3 by : K.L. Hall
Download or read book A Ruthless Love Story 3 written by K.L. Hall and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life has a way of showing you who you are, and who you're not. Lourde has spent the majority of his adulthood feared by most who pass his way, always handling every hiccup the way he was taught. After all, ghosts can't talk. Now, there's more blood on his hands than ever before. If Loyalty finds out the secret he's harboring, it just may be impossible for them to make it to the top together.Growing up without a father, Loyalty never imagined she would ever get the opportunity to meet him. With the chance of a lifetime in front of her, she's ready to make the connection she's always wanted. Will her newfound link be in vain? After all, everyone always wants something. When life-altering news surfaces, she's left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart. Neenah finds herself in a state of pure hatred while stepping into her role as the head of Bell Transportation. With the betrayal of her fianc and best friend on the tip of everyone's tongue, she's on a vengeful rampage that may just lead her down a path of destruction. Being the new face of her father's legacy while simultaneously getting revenge may be nearly impossible. After spending years in hiding, Mayumi Belmonte is back. She's come home to revel the death of her estranged husband and right her wrongs with her children and her past lover, Eugene. While trying to save her children from a war they can't win, she knows one thing for sure, Eugene Hayworth isn't done with them yet. In this highly awaited finale, lines will be crossed, bodies will fall, and so will families. When the time comes for everyone to face the music for all the damages they've caused, who will be left standing?
Download or read book Ruthless Love written by Penelope Bloom and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm the girl nobody sees.That is, until I move next door to Parker High's most eligible bastard, Tristan Blackwood.He's gorgeous. Eyes as cold as moonlight. Lips made for cruel kisses. The entire town knows it, too. Apparently being able to throw a football elevates you to god status around here.He could have anything he wanted. Anyone.But somehow, all he wanted was to torment me.Me, trapped in my mom's protective bubble: homeschooled and invisible, stuck in a wheelchair and saddled with more medical issues than I could count. Normal? I might as well wish to be a fairytale princess.There aren't any princesses or knights in my fairytale. Just the dark prince who lives next door. Parker High royalty in the flesh. My very own devil in a letterman jacket. His life should be a dream, but the only thing he cares about is becoming my nightmare.And when my pride isn't enough for him, he decides he wants my body.He wants my heart.He wants every last inch of me to himself.
Book Synopsis Ruthless King: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance by : Alison Aimes
Download or read book Ruthless King: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance written by Alison Aimes and published by Alison Aimes. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curl up with this steamy SciFi arranged marriage, fated-mates, alien mafia warlord captive romance series by USA TODAY BESTSELLING author Alison Aimes... He’s the most brutal Alpha crime boss in the galaxy—and she belongs to him now. Payment for a debt owed. Pawn for an act of vengeance. Property to be used, knotted, and bred. Irresistibly gorgeous mafia king Nikolai Skolov is dominant, hard, possessive—and determined to bend innocent omega Dahlia Lundin to his will. But she is equally determined to resist. The lives of those she loves depend upon it. Except Dahlia isn’t prepared for the insatiable hunger the Alpha’s discipline awakens. Or her soul’s recognition that her new master is also her fated mate. As dangers mount and betrayals loom, all Dahlia knows is turned on its head. Allegiances are tested. Secrets exposed. Until Dahlia is not sure if her ruthless enemy is the monster who will destroy her or the only one left who can save her . . . Ruthless King: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance is a scorching HOT Sci-Fi standalone romance novel that includes: A ruthless alien mafia boss An innocent heroine growing into her power Warring families A forced marriage A fated Alpha-omega bond A long-suffering hero waiting years to claim his female Plenty of hot and filthy Omegaverse action Betrayal, murder, and revenge Serious plot twists And an epic romance that proves love will always triumph over hate. Fans of Zoey Draven, Addison Caine, and Mina Carter will love this scorching romance as it includes fated mates, Omegaverse, forced proximity, female in peril, enemies to lovers, and a strong alien hero brought to his knees by an equally strong woman.
Book Synopsis The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by : C. M. Waggoner
Download or read book The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry written by C. M. Waggoner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tor.com Reviewers' Choice Best Book of the Year Sparks fly in this enchanting fantasy novel from the author of Unnatural Magic when a down-and-out fire witch and a young gentlewoman join forces against a deadly conspiracy. Dellaria Wells, petty con artist, occasional thief, and partly educated fire witch, is behind on her rent in the city of Leiscourt—again. Then she sees the “wanted” sign, seeking Female Persons, of Martial or Magical ability, to guard a Lady of some Importance, prior to the celebration of her Marriage. Delly fast-talks her way into the job and joins a team of highly peculiar women tasked with protecting their wealthy charge from unknown assassins. Delly quickly sets her sights on one of her companions, the confident and well-bred Winn Cynallum. The job looks like nothing but romance and easy money until things take a deadly (and undead) turn. With the help of a bird-loving necromancer, a shapeshifting schoolgirl, and an ill-tempered reanimated mouse named Buttons, Delly and Winn are determined to get the best of an adversary who wields a twisted magic and has friends in the highest of places.
Download or read book Love Me Back written by Merritt Tierce and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sharp and dangerous and breathtaking.... A defiant story about a young woman choosing the life and motherhood that is best for her, without apology.” —Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Bad Feminist Marie is a waitress at an upscale Dallas steakhouse, attuned to the appetites of her patrons and gifted at hiding her private struggle as a young single mother behind an easy smile and a crisp white apron. It’s a world of long hours and late nights, and Marie often gives in to self-destructive impulses, losing herself in a tangle of bodies and urgent highs as her desire for obliteration competes with a stubborn will to survive. Pulsing with a fierce and feral energy, Love Me Back is an unapologetic portrait of a woman cutting a precarious path through early adulthood and the herald of a powerful new voice in American fiction.
Book Synopsis Held Captive By A Ruthless Love by : Charmanie Saquea
Download or read book Held Captive By A Ruthless Love written by Charmanie Saquea and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tru Richardson is the reigning king of Memphis. He has the money, power, and the respect with a reputation of being ruthless and callous. Being raised off of pure survival and not love, Tru doesn’t let anyone outside of his brothers get next to him. After unfortunate circumstances bring the young, gentle and beautiful Halo into his life, Tru is suddenly smitten but doesn’t know how to handle it. Will Tru’s harsh ways push Halo away? Polo is the middle child of Memphis’s infamous Rich Brothers. Being the calmer one of the trio, Polo loves to live a private life. That means keeping everything on the low, including his dealings with the sassy and headstrong Britain. Once Britain starts requiring more from Polo, will he get his act together? Or will his pride and refusal to commit cause him to lose what could possibly be the best thing to ever happen to him?
Download or read book Ruthless Love written by Lexxi James and published by Lexxi James, LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three men in my life, and I don't know what to do. I'm engaged to be married. To a man I don't love. He's hot, rich, and won't take no for an answer no matter how many times I break up with him. Oh, and he just might be the Russian mob. It was arranged by my father. The one who thinks the world is his chess board ... And I'm his biggest pawn. But there's a third man in my life. The one I can't avoid. The one who doesn't know I exist. The gorgeous guy across the street who wears the sexiest smile and very little else. So, I've watched a little more than I should. But who can blame me? His tattoos are distracting. And I need a distraction. I never imagined... All this time... He's been watching my back. A friends-to-lovers stand alone romance that intertwines with The Ruthless Billionaires Series. This book contains no cheating. Full Steam Ahead. Lexxi James Books are seductive, suspenseful romances filled with fun, sensual, and sizzling high-heat love scenes. Reviews ★★★★★ "... intriguing, captivating, and oh so sexy!" ~ Bookbub Reviewer ★★★★★ "I couldn’t put it down" ~ Goodreads Reviewer This billionaire romance series includes: Ruthless Games: A Ruthless Billionaires Club Ruthless Wars: A Ruthless Billionaires Club Ruthless Love: A Ruthless Billionaires Club PRAISE FOR THE RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRES CLUB SERIES: "#AMAZING … f-bomb worthy twists" " Full of surprises, twists, and turns" Fans of the following books and series are known to enjoy this billionaire romance series: Fifty Shades Series Fifty Shades of Grey Fifty Shades Darker Fifty Shades Freed The Crossfire Series Bared to You Reflected in You Entwined with You Captivated by You One with You This Man Series This Man Beneath this Man This Man Confessed With this Man Fixed Series Fixed on You Found in You Forever With You Hudson Fixed Forever Fans of the following authors are known to enjoy this hot romance series: E. L. James Sylvia Day Jodi Ellen Malpas Laurelin Paige CD Reiss Abbi Glines Carly Phillips Colleen Hoover Jamie McGuire K. Bromberg Meredith Wild Nicholas Sparks Nora Roberts Pepper Winters Willow Winters Tijan Jamie McGuire Danielle Steele J. S. Cooper Jodi Piccoult James Patterson Julia Kent Jaine Diamond Aleatha Romig Helen Hardt Keywords related to this billionaire romance series: ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance, Erotic Books, Billionaire Romance, Military Romance, Epic Sagas, Billionaire ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance Books, Hot Romance Books, Steamy Romance, Steamy Romance Books, Steamy Romance Books, Popular Series, Military Romance, Military Romance Box Set, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance Books For Romance Readers, Top Rated Books, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance Box Set, Romance Box Set, Romance Trilogy, Epic Romance Series, Romance Books, Romance Books, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Books, Military Romance Books, Hot Romance Books, Contemporary Romance Books, Epic, Romantic Suspense Books, Billionaire Romance Books, Romantic Suspense Books, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Set, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Best Books, Essential Reads, Books For Steamy Romance, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance Book Bundle, Romance Book Bundle, Book, Military Alpha Romance, Alpha Books, Series Starters, Romance Books For Contemporary Romance, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance Series, Military Romance Series, Women’s Action and Adventure Books, Women’s Action and Adventure Box Set, Top Rated ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance Collection, Romance Books, Chick Lit Books, Books For Women, Military Romance Bundle, Heroine, Strong Women, Military Romance Series, Romance Box Set, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance Stories, Romance Megapack, Alpha Male Series, Series Box Sets Romance, Military and Romance Books, Adventure Books, Best Rated ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS Romance, Alpha Male Collection, Boxed Set, Alpha Male Books, Books To Read And Download, eBook, Romance Books, Adventure, Women’s Adventure, Books, Top Romance Box Set, Collections & Anthologies
Book Synopsis Super Sad True Love Story by : Gary Shteyngart
Download or read book Super Sad True Love Story written by Gary Shteyngart and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deliciously dark tale of America’s dysfunctional coming years—and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Seattle Times • O: The Oprah Magazine • Maureen Corrigan, NPR • Salon • Slate • Minneapolis Star Tribune • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Kansas City Star • Charlotte Observer • The Globe and Mail • Vancouver Sun • Montreal Gazette • Kirkus Reviews In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis and our patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. Then Lenny Abramov, son of an Russian immigrant janitor and ardent fan of “printed, bound media artifacts” (aka books), meets Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American woman with a major in Images and a minor in Assertiveness. Could falling in love redeem a planet falling apart?
Book Synopsis A Ruthless Love Story 2 by : K.L. Hall
Download or read book A Ruthless Love Story 2 written by K.L. Hall and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In part one of A Ruthle$$ Love Story, Lourde’s only focus was proving to his father that he was worthy of the throne. Now that he knows Belmonte blood doesn’t run through his veins, he’s left with questions about who he really is. In the midst of all his family’s dirty laundry, he finds himself in love for the first time. When he loses himself, will he turn to Loyalty to remind him who he really is or feed into the ruthlessness he’s been immersed in all along? Loyalty’s entire life has been one emotional rollercoaster ride after another. Now, she’s just praying for the moment her feet touch solid ground and hoping she’s alive to witness it. All she wants is to be back by Lourde’s side, but soon learns that underneath the glitz and the glamour, there’s nothing picture perfect about the Belmonte family. Neenah finds herself bilious over her accident, which puts a strain on her relationship, mental health, and pregnancy. She’s determined to make things work with O’Shea and walk down the aisle, but Chanel just may have other plans. Her world is flipped upside down when a betrayal far greater than that of her father’s is revealed. What will she do when she finds out who the father of her best friend’s baby is? In A Ruthle$$ Love Story 2, friends become rivals as everyone lines up to see the Belmonte empire fall. With so many harbored secrets, who will make it out alive and who will be just another casualty in a war between families?
Download or read book Ruthless Gods written by Emily A. Duncan and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning sequel to instant New York Times bestseller, Wicked Saints Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. Their paths are being orchestrated by someone...or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer. In their dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in their Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless. This edition uses deckle edges; the uneven paper edge is intentional.
Book Synopsis WAYLON: Angel and the Ruthless Reaper by : Theodora Taylor
Download or read book WAYLON: Angel and the Ruthless Reaper written by Theodora Taylor and published by Theodora Taylor. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reapers don't date. They POSSESS. Since aging out of the foster care system and becoming a nurse, all I dreamed of was marrying a nice doctor and moving to a two-story house in the suburbs. So how did a dangerous biker gang criminal end up handcuffed to my bed? And why did I agree to let that animal teach me how to...ahem...do things. Wicked things. In the very same bed he’s been handcuffed to in order to keep me safe? Long story. And I’m truly scared to find out how it will end. WARNING-This Book Includes... ✔️ Bad Guy Falls Hard for a Good Girl ✔️ Total Opposites Totally Attract, ✔️ Outlaw MC wants you ✔️ Meet Crazy ✔️ The Bad Guy is THE ONE, ✔️ Devil falls for an angel, This book is also available as an audiobook.
Book Synopsis Broken Heir: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance by : Alison Aimes
Download or read book Broken Heir: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance written by Alison Aimes and published by Alison Aimes. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curl up with this steamy fated-mates, enemies-to-lovers, SciFi mafia romance series by USA TODAY BESTSELLING author Alison Aimes... What is the one thing a sinner can’t allow? Temptation. But omega Keira Sartin is all that and more. A walking, talking, wet dream. She calls to every cell in Alpha Prince Alexi’s messed-up, rule-breaking soul. Except she’s forbidden. Addictive. A distraction he can’t afford. Not when his family is depending on him and redemption is within reach. Not when his mission hinges on making no waves and fulfilling his duty. Not when she’s the sister of his bride-to-be. What’s the one thing a troublemaker can’t afford? More trouble. But Prince Alexi Skolov is all that and more. He’s beauty incarnate. Flesh and blood sin. Wild nights and dark pleasure. He’s also up to no good. Which means he’s not for her. She has her own objective to fulfill and he’ll only get in the way. He’s also promised to her sister. It should be easy for them both: just stay away. But running from temptation is hard. Avoiding trouble even harder—and sometimes it catches up to you, leaving you… breathless, begging, Broken. Broken Heir: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance, is the third book in the Ruthless Warlords series. It is a scorching HOT omegaverse, enemies-to-lovers, royal standalone, though it is recommended to read the series in order for greatest enjoyment. Like all the books in the series, it includes: A ruthless alien mafia boss An innocent heroine growing into her power A fated bond Plenty of spicy action Forced proximity Betrayal, murder, and revenge Serious plot twists And an epic romance that proves love will always triumph over hate. Broken Heir also has no cheating and a HEA is guaranteed. Get ready for a steamy ride you won’t be able to put down. Fans of Liv Lane, Sam Hall, and Cari Silverwood will love this spicy omegaverse love story.
Download or read book Ruthless written by Anne Stuart and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few outsiders will ever witness the dark misdeeds of the Heavenly Host. And among this secret society, where exiled Georgian aristocrats gather to indulge their carnal desires, fewer still can match the insatiable appetite of their chief provocateur, the mysterious Viscount Rohan. Pursuit of physical pleasure is both his preferred pastime and his most pressing urge, until he encounters the fascination of a woman who won't be swayed. And while his dark seduction appalls the pure and impoverished Elinor Harriman, she finds herself intrigued…and secretly drawn to the man behind the desire.
Book Synopsis Ruthless River by : Holly FitzGerald
Download or read book Ruthless River written by Holly FitzGerald and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning debut; a Departures original publication. The ultimate survival story; a wild ride—the wildest—down a South American river in the thick of the Amazon Basin; a true and thrilling adventure of a young married couple who survive a plane crash only to later raft hundreds of miles across Peru and Bolivia, ending up in a channel to nowhere, a dead end so flooded there is literally no land to stand on. Their raft—a mere four logs—separates them from the piranha-and-caiman-infested water until they finally realize that there is no way out but to swim. Vintage Original. Holly FitzGerald and her husband, Fitz—married less than two years—set out on a yearlong honeymoon adventure of a lifetime, backpacking around the world. Five months into the trip their plane crash lands in Peru at a penal colony walled in by jungle, and their blissfully romantic journey turns into a terrifying nonstop labyrinth of escape and survival. On a small, soon-ravaged raft that quickly becomes their entire universe through dangerous waters alive with deadly animals and fish, their only choice: to continue on, despite the rush of insects swarming them by day, the sounds of encroaching predators at night. Without food or means of communication, with no one to hear their cries for help or on a search-and-rescue expedition to find them, the author and her husband make their way, fighting to conquer starvation and navigate the brute force of the river, their only hope for survival, in spite of hunger and weakening resolve, to somehow, miraculously hang on and find their way east to a large riverside town, before it is too late. . . .
Book Synopsis Savage Prince: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance by : Alison Aimes
Download or read book Savage Prince: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance written by Alison Aimes and published by Alison Aimes. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curl up with this steamy fated-mates, enemies-to-lovers, SciFi mafia romance series by USA TODAY BESTSELLING author Alison Aimes… He's a notorious Alpha crime lord—and he’s on the hunt for her. "This omegaverse book gave me all the feels." -5 Star Reader Review He’s mafia royalty. Alpha. Worlds above her. Ice-cold and merciless. Driven by duty and dark secrets. She’s property. Omega. Expected to submit. Imprisoned by ruthless criminals determined to break her for information she can’t afford to give. Except there’s something different about Maxheim Skolov. Something that awakens long buried instincts with Tess and draws her toward the man inside the beast. That compels her to kneel at his feet. That owns her with his rough touches and raw commands. A force more dangerous than anything she’s faced to date. So, she runs. But she won’t get far. For mafia prince Maxheim Skolov, hunting down the rebellious, spirited female is a certainty. He’ll do whatever it takes to have her kneeling at his feet once more, even begin a galactic war. The real question is what he’ll do with her—and to her—when he catches her. Savage Prince: A Dark Fated-Mates Romance is the second book in the Ruthless Warlords series. It is a scorching HOT dark, fated-mates omegaverse standalone, though it is recommenced to read the series in order for greatest enjoyment. Like all the books in the series, it includes: A ruthless alien mafia boss An innocent heroine growing into her power A fated bond Plenty of hot omegaverse action Betrayal, murder, and revenge Serious plot twists And an epic romance that proves love will always triumph over hate. Fans of Zoey Ellis, VK Ludwig, and Ruby Dixon will love this steamy, omegaverse, fated-mates royal romance.
Book Synopsis Beneath a Ruthless Sun by : Gilbert King
Download or read book Beneath a Ruthless Sun written by Gilbert King and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POST "Compelling, insightful and important, Beneath a Ruthless Sun exposes the corruption of racial bigotry and animus that shadows a community, a state and a nation. A fascinating examination of an injustice story all too familiar and still largely ignored, an engaging and essential read." --Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove, the gripping true story of a small town with a big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a "husky Negro" did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is railroaded up to the state hospital for the insane, and locked away without trial. But crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who was protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies. Bit by bit, the unspeakable truths behind a conspiracy that shocked a community into silence begin to surface. Beneath a Ruthless Sun tells a powerful, page-turning story rooted in the fears that rippled through the South as integration began to take hold, sparking a surge of virulent racism that savaged the vulnerable, debased the powerful, and roils our own times still.
