New York: Random House, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel that "ranges from the New Madrid earthquake of 1811 through the Civil War to the bootlegging days of the 1930s. When the earthquake brings Annie Lark's Missouri house down on top of her, she finds herself pinned under the massive roof beam . Rescued by French fur trapper Jacques Ducharme, Annie learns to love him and resolves to live out her days as his 'River Wife.' . . In 1930, Hedie Rails comes to Jacques Landing to marry Clement Ducharme, a direct descendant of the river pirate, and the young couple begin their life together in the house Jacques built for Annie long ago. A pregnant Hedie finds comfort in Annie's leather-bound journals. But as she reads of the sinister dealings and horrendous misunderstandings that spelled out tragedy for the rescued bride, Hedie fears that her own life is paralleling Annie's, and that history is repeating itself with Jacques' kin." 393 pp. ISBN: 978-1400065967.