One Summer: A Novel - Softcover

Robards, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440208297 ISBN 13: 9780440208297

Publisher: Dell, 1993

Synopsis

He was pure, unadulterated trouble.  Johnny Harris is home again, his too-tight jeans and damn-your-eyes belligerence honed to perfection by a ten-year stretch in federal prison for murder.  Now he's out on parole and ready for the job Rachel Grant has promised to help him begin a new life.  Unlike the rest of the town, Rachel has always believed in her former student's innocence.  But one thing has changed...

The sullenly handsome boy she remembers is still sullen, still handsome...but no longer a boy.  And now the small Kentucky town is alive with gossip and whispers of a scandal, as friendship turns to passion and Rachel abandons a lifetime of propriety in the ex-con's arms.  Then the killer strikes again. All evidence points to Johnny Harris, but Rachel knows he is innocent.  And she knows she is next...as a shattering truth is uncovered and dark passions explode in the relentless summer heat.

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Review:

High school teacher Rachel Grant believed in her student Johnny Harris's innocence even after he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend. Now, 10 years later, he's out on parole and Rachel has taken him under her wing, even finding a job for him. It isn't long before their relationship changes and Rachel and Johnny become much more intimate. But when another murder occurs and Johnny is the prime suspect, can Rachel prove his innocence before it's too late? Karen Robards defines passion in this story of love and scandal in a small Kentucky town. One Summer is an outstanding novel that readers will turn to again and again.

From the Publisher:

"Riveting."
-- The Orlando Sentinel

"Sizzling, spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat gripping."
--Affaire de Coeur

About this edition

• Publisher: Dell
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0440208297
• ISBN 13: 9780440208297
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400