Spring 1943.

Soon after the break of day, Bump will become Millie’s husband. Then, if all goes as planned, they will leave the rain-soaked fields of Mississippi and head for the wilds of the Colorado Rockies. As Millie tries to forget a dark secret, she hasn’t yet realized how drastically those past experiences will impact the coming days.
For most of Millie’s life, being free felt about as unlikely as the mountains moving. But she’s about to discover that sometimes in life, we are given second chances, and that the only thing bigger than her past … is her future.

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About The Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Cantrell has served as editor-in-chief of the Southern Literary Review and is a recipient of the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Fellowship. She has received multiple awards, including Christy Awards for Best Debut Novel and 2013 Book of the Year, the Mississippi Library Association’s Fiction Award, and the 2014 Carol Award for Historical Fiction.

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