Jack St. Bride was once a History teacher and sports coach at an all girls' school. He was popular, attractive, and perhaps a little too loved. When word gets around that he was responsible for raping one of his students, Jack is falsely sentenced to eight months in jail.
After serving his sentence, Jack walks out of prison looking to turn over a new leaf. He settles down in a quiet town known as Salem Falls, where everything is orderly, peaceful and just perfect, thinking that he'd be free of his past. He finds a job at a diner, gets to know Addie Peabody, and slowly starts to piece his life together again.
Just when Jack begins to adjust to his new life, a group of teenagers accuse him of rape again, leaving him fighting for his innocence yet again. In this story of both romance and mystery, Jack finds that no matter where he goes, his past will inevitably haunt him.
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I actually really enjoyed reading this book. :) The twists and turns of the plot really made me desperate to read to the very end. The book definitely emphasised that there are always two sides to a story, no matter how unbelievable it may seem.
Though I would say that the plot was a little too far-fetched at times, especially when some things just "coincidentally" fell into place. I thought perhaps there could have been more originality at some parts, and less stereotypical context.
The ending really caught me off guard and made me kick myself, but thinking back, there were all these little signs and symbols that came together to make the ending fit. To anyone who decides to read this book: make sure you take all the details into account if you'd rather not admit that you were too gullible to guess the ending.
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