Denna bok är egentligen tre genrer samtidigt - romantik, mysterium/deckare och rättegångsdrama. Jack St. Bride kommer till den lilla staden Salem Falls i New Hampshire, utan någon anknytning till staden, ingen vet var han kommer ifrån. Addie, som driver ett lunch-hak i stan anställer honom som diskare. Han och Addie blir efter hand förälskade i varndra, men resten av stans invånare är mycket misstänksamma. De tar reda på hans förflutna - han har suttit inne för våldtäkt av minderårig. Staden grips av panik och några individer gör klart för Jack att de helst såg att han lämnade stan helt och hållet. Men Jack tänker inte ge sig så lätt.
Jack är charmig och attraktiv, i sitt förra liv var han lärare i high school och var väldigt populär bland sina elever. Gillian, en high school tjej fattar dock tycke för Jack och försöker förföra honom med Wiccan magi. En natt blir Gillian överfallen i skogen och hon hävdar att det är Jack som har våldtagit henne. Addie far tillbaka till Jacks gamla hemstad och hans gamla skola, för att försöka ta reda på sanningen om vad som egentligen hände förra gången, i ett försök att rentvå honom och för att se om hon ska kunna lita på Jack igen.
This book is actually thre genres at once - romance, mystery and courtroom drama. Jack St. Bride arrives in the small N.H. town Salem Falls, without any connection to this town, and nobody knows anything about him. Addie, who runs a diner in town hires him as a dishwasher. After some time, he and Addie fall in love. But the rest of the people of Salem Falls are very suspicious of this newcomer. They find out about his past, he's been in prison for statutory rape. The whole town is seized by fear and som people let Jack know that they would prefer if he left Salem Falls altogether. But Jack is not about to give in that easily.
Jack is a very charming and attractive man, in his former life he was a high school professor at a high school and he was very popular among his students.
Gillian, a high school girl sets her eyes on Jack and tries to seduce him with Wiccan magic. One night, Gillian is attacked in the woods and she claims that Jack raped her. Addie goes back to Jack's old hometown and his old school, to find out what really happened the last time, in an attempt to clear his name and to find out for herself if she can trust him again.
Betyg: 4.
Rating: 4.
Ett citat eller referat från sidan 69 (se nedan, citat är på engelska):
Första delen av utdraget ur boken är ett fyra high school tjejer som har en hemlighet - de är Wiccan. De har räddat livet på en äldre man och funderar nu på andra sätt att använda sina magiska konster.
Andra delen av utdraget handlar om bokens huvudpersoner, Jack och Addie. Jack har lämnat sitt jobb som diskare på Addies restaurang utan att meddela Addie och nu när han kommer tillbaka är hon arg. Citatet illustrerar också Jacks stora mani - Jeopardy!
The second part of the quote is about, the two main characters of the novel, Jac and Addie. Jack has left his job as a dishwasher without letting Addie know and now when he returns she is mad with him. The quote also illustrates Jack's big obsession - Jeopardy!
Chelsea's eyes widened. 'You know that goes against the Wiccan
rede, Gilly. Whatever you do comes back to you three-fold.
'Well, okay, Mr. Hollings is a stupid example. But if Wicca's all
about keeping the balance of nature, then why couldn't we use
magick for that?'
Whitney lookked at Gillian. 'I don't get it.'
Meg leaned forward. 'She mean if we've helped people who've
helped others, it's only natural to hurt people who've hurt others. Right?'
Gillian nodded. 'And to do it so that they don't know who's making it happen.'
Her voice skimmed over the others' reservations, smoothing in its wake.
'Think about how powerful you felt tonight, healing someone. And then think
of how powerful you'd feel if you could ruin someone's life.'
'Hailey McCourt', Meg whispered.
Gillian turned. 'That's a start.'
'And where have you been?' Addie demanded, as Jack entered the diner.
'Out.'
It was empty of patrons, quiet in the kitchen. Overhead, Jeopardy! played
on the television, the sound muted. Jack pulled off his jacket, determined to
help close for the night.
'Well I hate to be the one to break this to you, but you can't just walk off
a job without an explanation. Or maybe that's what got you fired from teaching?'
He fixed his eyes on the screen above her left shoulder. The core of a quarter
is made of this metal.
What is zinc? Jack thought. 'I'm sorry' he said aloud.
'You should be. I needed you here tonight. I may not be paying you a lot, but -'
The bells over the diner door jingled. Addie narrowed her eyes at Jack, blaming
him for forgetting to lock the door behind himself. Wes Courtemanche walked in in
uniform. 'Coffee, Addie?'