The Widows of Braxton County - by Jess McConkey Paperback

About the Book

Includes discussion questions and author interview.

Book Synopsis

Widows of Braxton County by Jess McConkey is a haunting and suspenseful novel about family secrets and how well we really know the people we love.

Kate is looking forward to starting a new life with her new husband, Joseph Krause. She leaves the big city and moves with him to the Iowa farm that has been in his family for more than 140 years.

Instead of something out of Country Living, Kate finds life on the farm a struggle. She hears gossip from the unfriendly neighbors about the connection between the Krause family and a mysterious death decades before.

As the past creeps into Kate's present, she's caught in a web of dangerous, unexplainable events.

Jess McConkey, who is also published under the pseudonym Shirley Damsgaard, is an award-winning writer of short fiction.

From the Back Cover

Family secrets can bind and destroy

Kate is ready to put her nomadic, city-dwelling past behind her when she marries Joe Krause and moves with him to the Iowa farm that has been in his family for more than 140 years. But life on the farm isn't quite as idyllic as she'd hoped. It's filled with chores, judgmental neighbors, and her mother-in-law, who--unbeknownst to Kate until after the wedding--will be living with them.

As Kate struggles to find her place in the small farming community, she begins to realize that her husband and his family are not who she thought they were. According to town gossip, the Krause family harbors a long-kept secret about a mysterious death that haunts Kate as a dangerous, unexplainable chain of events begins.

Review Quotes

"Part mystery, part ghost story, Love Lies Bleeding takes readers on a spin-tingling trip into a disturbed mind and the lives of two women who must face their greatest fears--or die trying." - Casey Daniels, author of A Hard Day's Fright
"Haunting, mysterious, and subtly romantic, this debut under Shirley Damsgaard's psuedonym is inspirational and full of hope." - RTBookreviews.com
"A riveting ride that will start your blood racing from the first line and keep you guessing until the last." - Kris Neri, author of Revenge for Old Time's Sake