“Stirring and mysterious…fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.” —Delia Owens,New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing A love triangle unearths dangerousdeadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing. “The farmer is dead. He is deadand all anyone wants to know is who killed him.” Beth and her gentlekind husband Frank are happily marriedbut their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheepBeth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfethe man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leoa boy who reminds Beth very much of her own sonwho died in a tragic accident. As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s lifetensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurfacethis time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once wasand the woman she has become. A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thrillerBroken Country is a novel of simmering passionimpossible choicesand explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.