Love Profane, Love Profound

Running away and starting a new life must have been easier before cell phones became so common, right? One young couple attempts to do just that shortly after the turn of the century. Mixed-blood Jana Norris waits for her white boyfriend, Sean Daniels, to pick her up late one winter night in Hamlin, West Virginia; she has news for him. He pulls up in a hurry with news of his own: He's just seen his cousin shot to death in a drug deal gone sour and the killers are after Sean because he stole a bag of cash from them. They have to leave town now, he says. What about Granny? Jana asks. We can't stop; they'll kill us, he says. As they race out of town, Jana breaks her news to shatter all ties to their former life completely. Seventeen-year-old Jana relies on her deep faith to deal with the many trials they encounter in their flight. Sean, 23 and the grandson of a country preacher, fights back with a worldly cynicism and street smarts. Jana believes their salvation depends on Sean's return to his discarded religion, but Sean fights to stay free of his grandfather's legacy. Their opposing views threaten to tear their love apart as they run from the law and a cold-blooded killer. Retired soldier and journalist Dan Hassett paints vivid scenes and builds a twisting plot that will keep you on the edge of your chair with this suspenseful, emotion-filled tale of two misfits desperately trying to build a life together.