Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father's daughter, sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother's son, timid and...

Discusses the political and social aspects of the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, as well as the repeal of that law with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment.

In 1926, during the Prohibition, Joe Coughlin defies his strict law-and-order upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Cuba where he encounters a dangerous cast of characters who are all fighting for their piece of the American dream.

An indigent family of five, husband Sherm Peck, wife, Ellen, her mother and two young children live in Tabors Cree, W.Va. Sherm is a ruthless, angry man with high expectations. It is Prohibition Era (1920-1933) and no alcohol is legal. Sherm, however runs a still in the woods behind their shanty. When the Feds find and wreck his still, he chases and shoots both of them. He then hides in the woods with the sheriff trying to locate him. In his absence,...

Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble . . . and lands in more than he bargained for-- The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas. Thatcher Hutton,...

New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day. But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays the Charleston with reckless excitement. With a bartender willing to slip her a free glass of champagne and friends who know the owner, Vivian can lose herself in the...

In 1925, fourteen-year-old amateur detective G. Codd Fitzmorgan finds himself at a lavish party in a storm-battered island mansion, embroiled in a mystery involving a seance, a missing aviator, and the sale of liquor banned under Prohibition.

"When Eve discovers her uncle's bootlegging operation, she knows it's against Prohibition law. But can she really condemn the only thing supporting her family?"--Provided by publisher.

Emotionally ravaged by the loss of his wife and children, former US Army major Logan Hunter heads to Blue Moon to salvage whatever peace he can. Yet settling into his new home is fraught with challenges, especially since Logan's land borders the rival Dollarhide spread, pitting Logan against an adversary who stirs him like no other. From her first encounter with Logan, Dr. Kristin Dollarhide feels an instant connection to the sorrow in his beautiful...

Running moonshine liquor during the prohibition years, a notorious trio of brothers continues their illicit business after prohibition and play a central role in a violent conspiracy trial--a story that is investigated in 1935 by a magazine journalist.