From Derringer Award winner BV Lawson comes a romantic suspense short story set between the two World Wars in the Appalachians near Sneedville, Tennessee. The area's mysterious Melungeons—with
their olive skin, dark hair and blue eyes—are ostracized and feared, so when a local girl is found murdered after meeting with Melungeon healer Cephea Collins, suspicion falls on Cephea. It's up to local
Sheriff Daniel Praeger to uncover the truth, but his investigation may end up digging a little too close to home when he finds himself falling for the main suspect, and his beliefs about science and witchcraft
are turned upside down.