Moonshine River (Between the Rivers Legacy Book 1)

Moonshine River (Between the Rivers Legacy Book 1)

She’ll break the law to save her mother. He’ll uphold it to save her soul.

Book 1 in the Between the Rivers Legacy Series

In the rugged hills of Depression-era Kentucky, two people on opposite sides of the law must discover whether love and faith can survive the shadows of the liquor trade.

After her father’s sudden death, Naomi Ross faces an impossible choice: watch her ailing mother deteriorate without lifesaving medical treatment—or take over the family moonshining operation she never wanted.

Then Cullen Downs returns to Golden Pond.

Naomi has loved the preacher’s son since childhood, but Cullen is no longer the same boy who left town. Haunted and humbled by one big mistake, he comes home determined to redeem his faith by eliminating the illicit whiskey business that destroyed his own future.

That mission places him squarely against the only woman he has ever truly loved.

As Prohibition weakens, violent rival moonshiners, corrupt local lawmen, and ruthless Chicago syndicates close in. Naomi’s desperate choices threaten far more than her freedom—they jeopardize Cullen’s mission, their fragile rekindled bond, and any chance of a future together.

Set against the rich historical backdrop of western Kentucky between the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, Moonshine River is an inspiring historical romance about sacrifice, forgiveness, and discovering that God’s grace is deep enough to redeem any past.

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What would you risk to save someone you love?

Naomi Ross never planned to make moonshine. But with her mother’s seriously ill and no other way to pay for surgery, she’s forced into the dangerous trade that pulls her further from the future she longs for.

 

Cullen Downs has returned to Golden Pond determined to end the illegal whiskey trade. The last person he expects to stand in his way is the woman who’s always been his best friend.

As Prohibition nears its end, loyalties fracture, old wounds reopen, and a corrupt deputy threatens everything they hold dear. Naomi and Cullen must decide if love can survive when mercy and justice collide.

Set in Depression-era Kentucky, Moonshine River is an inspiring historical romance about faith, forgiveness, and the cost of doing what you believe is right.

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Author: Marie Wells Coutu
Series: Between the Rivers Legacy, Book 1
Genre: Inspirational
Publisher: Mended Vessels Press
Publication Year: 2026
ASIN: B0H3GH8NF5
ISBN: 9798997138318
List Price: 18.99
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Marie Wells Coutu

Award-winning author Marie Wells Coutu writes novels about broken people being restored. After a career writing for newspapers, magazines, governments, and nonprofits, she returned to her first love—writing fiction—at the age of fifty-five. Her debut novel, For Such a Moment, won the Books of Hope contest. Thirsting for More, the second book in the Mended Vessels series, was a finalist in the Selah Awards and a semi-finalist in the Royal Palm Literary Awards. Since retiring from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, she and her husband have divided their time between Florida and Iowa, where they can be closer to their two children and four grandchildren.

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