Hot Sand

Emmilu Claypool has to run. Far. She has to hide in a remote corner of an obscure some place, become someone else, because if her abusive husband ever finds her, she's dead. Or worse. With the help of a network of volunteers calling themselves the Wheat Penny Railroad, she changes her name and sneaks away to the place her cousin's pen pal has written about in detail. A paradise on the New England coast, with neighbors who watch out for one another and care about each other.
Pirate's Nest.
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