In this page-turning novel set in the Depression-era South, New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe transports readers to a small Alabama town where home is not always a sanctuary, and two neighboring families let pleasantries mask increasing resentment. . . Bootlegging was Milton and Yvonne Hamiltons ticket out of poverty, prison time, and plain bad luck. Now theyve moved onto a bigger, richer pool of clienteleright in their own respectable new middle-class backyard. And their growing friendship with seemingly-perfect couple Joyce and Odell Watson is proving golden in more ways than one . . . As Milton soon learns, Odell is hiding an outside family and dubious business dealings. Its the perfect recipe for a blackmail scheme that will help Milton hide his own dirty secretseven from Yvonne. Better yet, he can take ever more dangerous risks to ace out his liquor-smuggling rivalsand add a lucrative temptation to his illicit services. And Yvonne, emboldened by her husbands new gravy train, delights in tormenting Joyce about everything the snobbish matron doesnt haveespecially children.  But even a winning hand can be played too far. Pushed past their limits, Odell and Joyce will play on Miltons careless boastingto get him and Yvonne out of their lives for good.  And soon, a devastating frame-up will plunge one couple into a living nightmareand set the stage for explosive retribution . . .