Cahas Mountain: Appalachian Fiction

Cahas Mountain chronicles the love, heartbreak, and redemption of Rhodessa Rose and Lily, two Appalachian women connected by Willard Grimes, a man with a mouthful of sweetness and broken promises. A small moonshine operator with big ambitions, Willard courts and weds Rhodessa in the shadow of Cahas Mountain. But when business dealings lead him to dangerous company, he disappears. Left alone, Rhodessa must suppress her desire for the local sheriff while battling the tuberculosis epidemic laying claim to her family.
Set against the backdrop of WWII, innocence is corrupted, ambition derailed, and families splintered as one bad apple rolls through generations. Will Rhodessa ever return to the spirit of the mountain she loves? Only Lily, an orphan with a tragic past, can lead Rhodessa home.

Linda Kay Simmons (Smith Mountain Lake, VA), was born in Roanoke, Virginia. Her family runs 200 years deep in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. Ancestral stories became her inspiration for CAHAS MOUNTAIN. www.facebook.com/cahasmountain Website: Windygapgirl.com