Dogwood by Chris Fabry

This book was really great! I have read some other reviews done on the book and not everyone loved it but I sure did. It is about two teenagers named Karin and Will who in one night change the course of their entire lives and not for the better; sending Will to federal prison and Karin to a life of quite isolation and desolation.

After 12 years in prison Will is released back into the world and out of all the places he can go to start over and begin again all he can think of is his hometown of Dogwood and the love of his life Karin. Unfortunately Dogwood doesn't want him and Karin is married with children. The people of dogwood want to see their prodigal son Will strung up from a tree and Karin is drowning in her life and incapable of seeing beyond her own pain.

This is a story of pain and redemption it will leave you with chills when you realize nothing is as it seems.