Zedna had already killed two babies. Now she was on her way to kill another. She had left Cotton Valley with the past breathing down her neck, only to encounter more of what she had run from. Only one person knew where she had gone and that was her aunt, Pepper Jack, the only one who kept her secrets safe. Her mother, Monteeny, vowed she would find her daughter and she knew Pepper Jack had the answers she was looking for. But was Monteeny ready to open Pandora's box?
Monteeny and Pepper Jack traveled to an old familiar place in New Orleans. They also find Zedna in a cage accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Even though the two women don’t see eye to eye, they must put their differences aside to help free Zedna from her own demise she had spoken while leaving Cotton Valley. Upon finding Zedna, all things are revealed, past and present. Murder, rape, and betrayal makes their acquaintance as hard truths and soft lies unravel in this southern tale. There is a reason Zedna cussed God one day… but there is also forgiveness to heal the soul.
Set in the early 1950’s, this novel takes the readers back in time where life was simple, but the struggle was real.