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He was real, unadulterated trouble.  Johnny Harris is home again, his too-tight trousers and damn-your-eyes belligerence produced to perfection by way of a five-year stretch in federal prison for murder.  Now he's on parole and prepared for the task Rachel Grant has offered to simply help him start a fresh life.  Unlike the remainder of the town, Rachel has always believed in her former pupil's innocence.  But something has changed,The sullenly handsome child she recalls is still sullen, still handsome,but no further a boy.  And today the little Kentucky town is alive with news and whispers of the scandal, as friendship turns to interest and Rachel abandons an eternity of propriety within the ex conis arms.  Then the monster hits again. All data points to Johnny Harris, but Rachel knows he's innocent.  And she knows she's next,like a shattering the fact is discovered and black passions increase inside the relentless summer heat.