Sweet Hearts: A Novel

A powerful story of siblings, love, and the legacy of loss.

In this unforgettable novel, Melanie Rae Thon fuses family myth with the cross currents of American history, exposing the violence that shapes individuals across generations.

At sixteen, Flint Zimmer has already spent eight years in juvenile detention. Now he’s escaped and returned home to the one person he loves and trusts: his little sister, Cecile.

Together they rob a local doctor, steal their mother’s car, and flee south toward th...