Bøker av Cynthia J. Bogard

Was murdering her lover the best thing she'd ever done for herself?It's 1986. Like her namesake Jane Eyre, Jane Meyer's cruel childhood has left her isolated and friendless. Worse, Jane finds herself burdened with a dark secret. She has just murdered her graduate school advisor - and lover. Seeking refuge, Jane flees to Mexico, assuming a new identity as Ana in a paradise that welcomes and nurtures her wounded soul. For the first time, love seems within reach.However, Ana's newfound life is built upon a web of deception, eventually forcing her to delve into the complexities of her predicament on a quest for resolution. When her newfound paradise faces devastation, Ana realizes that the only path to redemption lies in embracing her true self.With themes of truth, resilience, and the pursuit of justice, Beach of the Dead unravels the layers of Jane/Ana's life as she confronts her darkest moments. Readers will be captivated by the tenacity of the human spirit and the power of acceptance in the face of adversity.

Four women, unknowingly bound together by one man's violent past.Johnny Wharton is a history professor and descendant of a Texas "planter family" - a legacy that's followed him all the way to 1985. Tough-girl Jenny (Johnny's daughter), runs away to Madison, blotting out her past with distance, drugs, and sex. Her loner lifestyle is upended by her new roommate's scary insistence on friendship. Emotionally damaged Jane (Johnny's new graduate student) gives Johnny's offer of an affair a try, thinking she might manage if it's furtive and part-time. Maddie (his lesbian colleague) is grief-stricken; her longtime Black lady love Roz left her - inexplicably. Conservatively raised Liz (Johnny's wife) is desperate to reconnect with her estranged daughter. She's beginning to realize that Johnny's past has left unspeakable scars on her family's present.As the lives of these four women intertwine in unexpected ways, each learns the past can't be conquered until it's confronted, and its secrets revealed - and shared.