Shadows Of Whiskey Valley - Erman Sands - Bog

Vera Lee's world come tumbling down when her father went to prison and her Revenue Agent fiancé dumped her for the local school teacher. In one agonizing drop she fell from being the pampered queen bee of the valley to field hand and head of household. Working the poor upland farm from sunup to sundown, until her hands grew rough, cracked and calloused, she failed to produce enough income to support her mother and herself. The blood of her pioneer spirit rose and demanded action. With careful planning she piece by piece acquires businesses and property while building a bootlegging empire the equal of which the country has never seen. It floods the country with high quality booze. The Internal Revenue Agents assigned to investigate and terminate her operations are embarrassed and enraged while trying to work through the webs she wove. They swear damnation and revenge on the culprit, if they manage to work though the covers, curbs and dead ends they find at every turn. Finding a soul mate in her organization Vera Lee's ready to marry, settle down and enjoy the fruits of her labor until her ex-fiancé begins snooping around her operation