Imperfect Past

Annie Phillips Murray has a complicated life, and it's about to become much more difficult. Orphaned as a teenager and feeling abandoned after the death of her husband, she and her young son seek respite with an elderly aunt and her raging alcoholic sister-in-law. The years of World War II provide the setting for Annie's life as a housecleaner and cook. As the war ends, she finds herself destitute after a fire set during a wild party hosted by her sister-in-law. Local police officer Dan Saunders investigates the fire and finds himself enamored by her beauty and strength. As time marches into the battles of The Civil Rights Movement, the union between Dan, a black man, and Annie, a white woman, is fraught with dangerous obstacles. Racial tensions coupled with the case being solved place Annie and her beloved Dan in peril. Will their love be strong enough to withstand the threats against them? Or will it become a casualty of prejudice? Author J.B. DiNizo has woven a beautiful love story from the tangled threads of war, civil rights and murder. A seasoned writer, DiNizo is working on her next novel, Winding Paths to Home, which chronicles a woman fleeing her home during the Civil War with her handicapped brother. J.B. lives with her husband, dog and cats at the New Jersey shore.