There is more than one side to this story: Jango Jacks is an itinerant worker with a strong work ethic. Jango Jacks is a bum and a drunk. Audrey Dalton is a shy widow overwhelmed with the burden of running a farm on her own. Audrey Dalton is conniving and manipulative. Shef Finnegan is a dependable farm hand and confidant. Shef Finnegan is money hungry and vindictive. These three characters come together in this spider’s web of lies and intrigue.
Jango lands a temporary job at Bitersweet Farm working for the charming Audrey Dalton. The chemistry is instantaneous for this middle aged couple both healing from past emotional wounds. Just as Jango find himself thinking of settling down, a sinister plot reveals itself. He has been framed for murder! With untruths in abundance and prejudices heavily in place, will Jango be able to clear his name? And if so, who actually did commit the heinous crime?
With emotions ranging from the joy of new love to deep despair, A Bittersweet Tale reads like an episodic soap opera. Laury A. Egan has penned a gripping tale of love and deceit, heartbreak and redemption.
