Dark Places In The Heart

New York Times bestselling author Jill Barnett sweeps readers away to the sultry California coast in a profoundly moving story about the power of forgiveness.


     One fateful night changes the lives and fortunes of three innocent women -- Kathryn, Laurel, and Julia Peyton as they cross paths with wealthy California oil magnate Victor Banning and his grandsons Jud and Cale, who he raised to be just like him: hungry predators in a dog-eat-dog world...until everything changes when they meet a young woman named Laurel Peyton.

     Spanning thirty years and three generations of Peyton women and Banning men, Dark Places In The Heart follows both families as they cross paths in the most unexpected of ways. A novel that is both provocative and lyrical, as it explores the depth of blood ties, the mistakes we make in the name of love, and our ability to hope, forgive, and find the courage to change.