title: Sanctuary
author: Cambron-Collard, Mary
description: Ruth Brown is the orphaned daughter of an American father and a Mizo mother. When she comes of age, she discovers her guardians have spent her entire estate. They have also manipulated a scalawag into marrying her. After a divorce, she takes a teaching job in a small town called Sanctuary, escaping her past. There she quickly finds herself involved in small town life including an adorable 2-year-old with no mother and an attractive father. But she is struggling to come to terms with her bitterness over her past. Then, just as she feels she is making progress, she is arrested for the murder of the 2-year-old's mother.