The saints of Swallow Hill

When Rae Lynn's good but clumsy husband, Warren, is injured, she takes on the burden of a desperate act of mercy. To stay out of jail, she disguises herself as Ray Cobb and flees to work at a turpentine camp named Swallow Hill. Meanwhile, drifter and playboy Del is working on a farm when the owner finds him in a compromising position with his wife. As payback, the owner gives Del a dangerous task, and Del has a near-death experience that changes him forever. Soon after, he, too, flees to Swallow Hill. But Swallow Hill is a horrific place--at least, as long as Crow, a woods rider, is there to inflict atrocious punishments on workers for his enjoyment. As Rae becomes Crow's latest victim of cruelty, she forms bonds with others that might free them all. The distinctive setting of the turpentine camps in the South during the Great Depression will make an imprint on readers, just as the characters of Rae Lynn and Del do. Fans of Sarah Addison Allen won't be able to put it down.