Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.Fed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves.

The Pecan Man is a captivating work of Southern fiction that takes readers back to the summer of 1976. Recently widowed and childless, Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man, while their mothers quickly call them inside whenever he appears. This seemingly simple decision sets off a chain of events that will change Ora's life forever.

When the police chief's son is found stabbed to death near Eddie's camp, the man Ora knows as Eddie is arrested and charged with murder.

Twenty-five years later, Ora is determined to tell the truth about the Pecan Man, uncovering more truths about herself than she could have ever imagined. This novel has been described as To Kill a Mockingbird meets The Help.