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Betty Larosa continues the saga of the Creighton family. After the Civil War, Philip Creighton returns to Creighton’s Crossroads a changed man. Still grieving his loss, he wishes nothing more than to settle into a peaceful existence. But can he? Given the rumors circulating about his scandalous involvement with Caroline, he faces a backlash of moral outrage not only from his family but the entire town. His life is shattered by a shocking murder from an unexpected source, an event that changes the direction of his life. On Christmas Eve 1867, his family’s last cruel act toward his two-year-old son drives Philip over the edge, forcing him to acknowledge at last that returning to Crossroads has been nothing but a disaster. With a dramatic flourish before abandoning his past, Philip unleashes a bombshell that stuns the entire town, sending the message that, like his father, Philip knows how to repay. Hardback, 186 pages, (7940HFBL)