Jessica Hayes, who convinced me I should write it-and who regularly suited up in her dominatrix gear and cracked the whip over my head to be sure I did Montine, who steadfastly read every fragment of every chapter as I cranked them out, and never complained about getting it piecemeal my mom (dee dee) who brazenly told me the awful truth about adverbs, and swore she “skipped over” the sex scenes my dog, Maddie, who allowed me to borrow her identity Domina, who honored me by reading the entire thing during a long, Vermont winter (I strongly suspect she used it for kindling) Claudia and Carrie at Bedazzled Ink for taking a chance on me my talented, longsuffering, and esoteric editor C.A. I have many people to thank for this book: Library of Congress Control Number: 2011937166įor Sheila, who will live forever in my own story. No part of this publication may beĮlectronic or mechanical, without permission in

Short listed for the Golden Crown Literary Society 2012 Ann Bannon Award.

Awarded 2012 Rainbow Award for Best Lesbian Debut Novel.

Awarded 2012 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention for Best Lesbian Contemporary Fiction.

Awarded the 2011 Lesbian Fiction Reader’s Choice Awards fo Favorite General Fiction Book.Awarded the 2011 Lesbian Fiction Reader’s Choice Awards for Favorite Romance Book.Lavender Certificate for Outstanding Debut Novel.

Intending to hide out and heal her wounds, she soon becomes drawn into the daily lives of a quirky cast of local characters, and she becomes fast friends with Maddie Stevenson, the enigmatic local physician who has returned to the backcountry community to take over her late father’s medical practice. Librarian Syd Murphy flees the carnage of a failed marriage by accepting an 18-month position in Jericho a small town located in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

“By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down…”

Jericho by ann mcman