As the courtroom battle unfolds, many secrets are revealed, and Picoult's characters are forced to confront the difference between who people are Then Gillian is assaulted in the woods, and Jack is accused of the crime. Things get dangerous when manipulative 17-year-old Gillian Duncan, whose father owns half the town, gets interested in Jack and tries to seduce him with Wiccan love spells. He has no trouble landing a job at the local diner and winning the trust of the diner's eccentric owner, Addie, but the rest of the town is suspicious. Unfortunately, Salem Falls turns out to be the wrong place to do it. The former teacher and soccer coach wants to start a new life following a wrongful conviction for statutory rape. Bride comes to Salem Falls, N.H., after his release from prison. Picoult's new novel (following the acclaimed Plain Truth) is a story about rape and reputation, loosely based on The Crucible.
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