Thickness of Blood

George is obsessed with finding the man who raped his daughter. Searching the southern states in the 1970s, he tracks down James but also finds Lila, another girl victimized by his daughter's rapist. George holds himself responsible for not getting there sooner, not preventing Lila from becoming pregnant at fifteen and exiled by her family. Unable to abandon her, George gives Lila a new home, a new family. In the process, they both discover that some ties are thicker than blood.

Kimberly Gould is a part-time environmental consultant as well as mother and wife. It is the nature of her job, with quieter winters and long drives in summer, that give her the freedom to pursue her imagination. Her first novel, Cargon: Honour and Privilege, was published in 2011 by Martin Sisters Publishing.