The Wilde Women
A Novel
ONE
The stock market crash in 1929 was not the only event that darkened that black Friday in Five Points, Tennessee. That was the day Pearl Wilde found her little sister moaning in the springhouse next to the butter molds. It was cool and dark, but Pearl had no doubt it was her only sibling. Along with her favorite pair of shoes, Kat was wearing Pearl's fiancé.
Naturally, Pearl put all the blame on her sister. A man is like a water well -- he has absolutely no control over who primes his pump.
"This is all your fault!" Pearl screamed, stabbing her finger at Kat's legs sticking straight up in the air.
Slowly, Bourne Cavanagh looked back over his broad bare shoulder, his handsome face blurred with whiskey and desire. Pearl sank into those watery blue eyes like an unholy baptism and her r ... read full excerpt from The Wilde Women: A Novel ebook