Ten years ago, Julie Wheeler embarked on a dream when she moved to Hearthstone, West Virginia. She purchased her own veterinary practice, married Richard—the town’s most eligible bachelor and chief prosecuting attorney—and was lulled into marital bliss. But when Nicole, her husband’s assistant, mysteriously dropped off her poisoned German Shepherd and disappeared, the questions started. Where was Richard? Was he with Nicole? Why had Richard been coming home late? Had she been too busy to notice? As Julie raises her head from the ostrich hole, she realizes the world as she knew it has been disappearing as a poison has been eating away at her life. Sheriff Mack, their close friend, is despondent. The sheriff's office is filled with unfamiliar faces including one particularly creepy Deputy Cruz who seems to show up wherever she goes. He's even dating Julie’s sister who is recovering from yet another failed relationship. And then there's Jake, the new farmhand her husband hired two months ago. Up until now, she had hardly seen him, but on this day, he’s everywhere. Julie’s desperate search for the truth lands her in jail accused of murder. What is going on in Hearthstone? Is her husband faithful? Is he alive? Will Julie survive? This first book in the Poisoned Series delivers an intensely packed thirty-six hours of suspense, drama, crime, family troubles, twists, and turns that keep readers turning pages to find the source of the poison that threatens Julie’s very life.
