Gallows Road by Lisa Hall Brownell (Historical Fiction) Pub date: April 2, 2022
A beautiful young woman is put on trial and condemned to death for a crime that she swears she did not commit. Inspired by true events in Connecticut in the 1750s, the novel Gallows Road is told through the eyes of an indentured servant, Mercy Bramble. The mysterious death of her newborn puts Mercy’s life in the hands of a jury while three ministers — and the cult-like Children of God — all fi ght to save her soul.
