Jack McBride was a beloved teacher and coach at a girl\'s prep school--until a student\'s crush sparked an accusation, leaving him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job.
Now, at the center of a modern-day witch hunt, Jack is forced once again to proclaim his innocence: to a town searching for answers, to a justice system where truth becomes a slippery concept written in shades of gray, and to the woman who has come to love him..
But amid the rustic calm of Salem Falls, a quartet of teenage girls harbor dark secrets--and they maliciously target Jack with a shattering allegation.
Now, washing dishes for Addie Peabody at the Do-Or-Diner, he slips quietly into his new routine, and Addie finds this unassuming man fitting easily inside her heart.
Bride was destroyed when a student\'s crush sparked a powder keg of accusation.
A handsome stranger comes to the sleepy New England town of Salem Falls in hopes of burying his past: Once a teacher at a girls\' prep school, Jack St.
Love can redeem a man...but secrets and lies can condemn him.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes a compelling and disturbing novel about a prep school teacher accused of rape by a group of young girls, the woman who stands by him, and the repercussions of the case in a small, New England town where the past is only a heartbeat away.
But just when it seems his life is getting back on track, Jack finds himself the object of fresh accusations of rape, brought by a coven of bewitching teenage girls from Salem Falls.
Jack resolves to start over.
Jack McBride was a beloved teacher and coach at a girl\'s prep school--until a student\'s crush sparked an accusation, leaving him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job
