Dani Holden has lived in small-town Crestview, Iowa, for almost two years. Now after adopting an old racehorse, she won't be able to stay without a new source of income. A friend of a friend introduces Dani to Jim, a trucker who has a way for her to earn some "easy money." While she ponders the offer, Dani learns that 80-year-old Lilly thinks she found the child she gave up years ago, but her ill health may keep them from meeting. Dani unearths shocking secrets around town that cause residents to second-guess the place and people they thought they knew when they contrast friendship, small-town customs, and rural scenery with suspicious drug activity in the area and the treatment of food stock animals. -- From back cover.