Dane has lost her job and her best friend and is spiraling a bit. So she decides to go home to Appalachia in Tennesse and try to find out more about her mother's family. Her father has never been forthcoming about anything about that side of her family, and she thinks that maybe if she learns more about them that she'll learn something about herself as well.

Her journey takes her into Emma's bar where she and Emma get off to quite a rocky start, but, Emma rents a room to Dane anyway and Dane and Emma's brother Curtis get a little close as well. Curtis was a cool character, he was written in a really amazing way, right on the border of adult and just a tiny teeny bit childlike, but, not in a straightforward way. I'm probably explaining the character wrong, but, it was something that I'd never quite read before, and, it tickled me to read about him after I'd just recently gotten done with reading the Stumptown books with Ansel in them, and the awesome new TV show with Ansel as well.

Curtis is the main thrust of the book because he always seems to be in trouble and his sister always seems to need to be getting him out of trouble. But, this time he may be in more trouble than even he .... and Dane can get him out of. And, it doesn't help that Dane is asking questions about her family and the people in the area do not like that since they're a very closed community.

It was an interesting story and a fun read. It didn't surprise me a lot in its twists and turns, but, the characters were all unique and amazing.

I received this book via Netgalley thanks to Bold Strokes Books. ( )