One House Over

Mary Monroe

Mar 2018 · The Neighbors Series Book 1 · Dafina

About this ebook

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very different couples whose fast friendship is no match for shattering betrayal . . .
 
A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community—Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings. Their marriage has given well-off Joyce a chance at the family she’s always wanted—and granted Odell a shot to escape grinding poverty. But all that respectability and status comes at a cost. Just once, Joyce and Odell want to taste life’s wild side, without consequences . . .
 
When their new neighbors, Milton and Yvonne Hamilton, turn out to be bootleggers, the Watsons plunge headlong into good times and fast living. . . . Until revelations of Milton and Yvonne’s seedy past make the Watsons think twice about how much time they spend together. But the Hamiltons won’t be dismissed so easily. The Watsons soon find them invading every area of their lives, even discovering their long-held secrets. Now, the Watsons must tread carefully to keep the neighbors from destroying their perfect world . . .
 
“Monroe convincingly portrays a time and place where desperation is the norm.”
—Library Journal
 
“Impossible to put down.”
—Susan Holloway Scott, author of I, Eliza Hamilton
 
“Monroe reveals sympathetic aspects and complex motivations for each character in this engrossing setting.” 
—Booklist

Ratings and reviews

You most read the neighbors series. It makes you think of real life things. You read the story and feel like your the one living it. I enjoyed it couldnt stop reading it. Stayed up many late nights

I loved this book, but in my opinion, Odell should have "gotten rid of" Milton & buried him in his (Milton's) backyard! A person can only take so much & Odell was a good one.

It was a good book kinda dragged on a bit and didn't like the ending hoping there is a sequel

About the author

Mary Monroe is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels and six novellas. She is a three-time AALBC bestseller and winner of the AAMBC Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the J. California Cooper Memorial Award. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she taught herself how to write before going on to become the first and only member of her family to finish high school. She lives in Oakland, California, and loves to hear from her readers via e-mail at [e-mail]. Visit Mary’s website at MaryMonroe.org.