JENNIFER ERIN vALENT
Cottonwood Whispers
Jessilyn Lassiter and her best friend, Gemma Teague, have
jennifer erin valent is the winner of the Christian
Writers Guild’s 2007 operation First Novel contest for
survived prejudice and heartache in their lifelong friendship,
Fireflies in December, her first published novel. Cottonwood
but the summer of 1936 threatens to tear them apart.
Whispers is the sequel. Jennifer works as a nanny and
freelance writer in her hometown of Richmond, virginia.
Gemma’s job with the wealthy Hadley family leads to a
crush on their youngest son. But Jessilyn’s insistence that
he’s no good and that no rich white man would ever truly
Sequel to the award-
fall for a poor black girl like Gemma puts them at odds.
Tragedy strikes when Jessilyn’s cherished neighbor girl is
winning, coming-of-age
hit by a car and killed. Things get worse when an elderly
novel Fireflies in December.
friend is falsely accused of the crime, and the only way to
clear his name is to put her family’s livelihood in jeopardy.
For Jessilyn, this is a choice too hard to bear, and she
wonders where to turn for answers, especially when an
angry mob threatens vigilante justice.
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