Her novel, Hoosier Daddy, was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist. She has won four Golden Crown Literary Awards and an IPPY.

Acerca de Ann McManĪNN McMAN is the award-winning author of seven novels and two short story collections. The Alice B Readers Award is given annually to living writers of lesbian fiction whose careers are distinguished by consistently. Together, Syd and Maddie learn that life and love can have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road. Almost everyone who crosses their paths believes it’s only a matter of time until they figure it out, but sometimes, it takes a while to see the obvious. And, if that’s not enough, Syd is straight and going through a divorce-and Maddie somehow forgets to mention her sexual orientation to her new best friend. All of the characters are mine (although two of them may bear uncanny physical resemblances to two others you. When Syd gets a flat tire and is rescued by the town physician, Maddie Stevenson, the two women form a fast friendship-but almost immediately begin struggling with a mutual attraction. Her plans to hide out and heal her wounds fall by the wayside as she gets drawn into the daily lives of the quirky locals. Join Syd, Maddie, David, Michael, Henry, Celine, and the irrepressible Roma Jean Freemantle as they band together to navigate the minefields of their ever-changing world in this newest Jericho novel.Sinopsis Librarian Syd Murphy flees the carnage of a failed marriage by accepting an eighteen-month position in Jericho, a small town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Throughout it all, bonds of love and fealty are stretched and tested as the endearing and quirky residents of this once-idyllic community weigh the covenants they keep against the secrets that threaten to tear them apart. Was it an accident, or was Watson murdered? As the scorching summer gives way to an early fall, suspects in the potential homicide abound, and everyone seems to be keeping secrets. Questions swirl about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of the town nemesis, Gerald Watson.

Six weeks have passed since the fateful unfolding of events at the town's Fourth of July celebration. Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY) Bronze Medalist in Mid-Atlantic Best Regional FictionĬovenant continues the beloved saga of the residents of Jericho, a sleepy town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where life and love have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road. When Syd Murphy flees a failed marriage to the tiny mountain hamlet of Jericho, Virginia, little does she realize how much her fortunes are going to change.

Jericho by Ann McMan