Heart and Bone (Hardcover)

Hardcover. Emma Fisher was five years old when a shadow stepped through a burning doorway and left her an orphan. She saw a face bent low in the firelight. She has spent fifteen years trying to unsee it.Jake McKellar came east from Colorado with a brother's death on him and a compass he has no right to carry. He works the Appalachian ridges alone, keeping his life small enough to survive.At a remote winter shelter, four people are waiting to be found. Not all of them are alive.What follows is cold and dark and longer than either of them can endure alone. Jedediah has been moving toward Emma for years, and what drives him is older and harder than mercy.Heart & Bone is a stark, atmospheric novel about grief that refuses to release its hold - and what happens when two people broken by different kinds of loss are forced to trust each other at the worst possible moment. Emma Fisher has spent fifteen years trying to unsee a face in the firelight. Jake McKellar works the ridges alone, keeping his life small. When they collide, something darker is waiting. A stark Appalachian thriller about grief and survival. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…