When the Live Oak Cries ~ Whispers of Gulf Hammock

In the wild heart of nineteenth-century Florida, Ella Nora Watts watches the world she loves begin to die. The Hammock bleeds under the blades of timber men, and the peace of her family shatters when Sanyo, her first love, and Noah, her youngest brother, are murdered without justice. As the law turns its head, Jasper Watts and the settlers of the Hammock take vengeance into their own hands, and the land itself seems to cry for the blood that’s been spilled upon it. Consumed by grief and rage, Jackson Watts falls under the dark influence of the Crenshaws and finds himself accused of murder.

Now his fate rests with John Barker, a young schoolteacher trying to outrun the legacy of his father — famed attorney Alfred Barker — only to find himself standing in a courtroom, fighting for a man’s life and discovering his own soul in the process.

Love. Loss. Vengeance. When law fails, the Hammock delivers its own justice — and the trees themselves bear witness.