In These Hills by Tamera Alexander

1905. Josephine Dunham is running for her life. After a women's suffrage rally in Atlanta turns deadly, she buys a one-way ticket on the first train out and lands in rural Tennessee. There, Dodge Coburn, a rough-edged stranger with undeniable appeal, begrudgingly offers her a ride to Lynchburg, a speck of a town where Josephine hopes to disappear. Hoping to work in exchange for room and board at Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House, she soon discovers the only job matching her skills is at Jack Daniel's Distillery, an irony not lost on a suffragist committed to prohibition.

Dodge is skeptical of Josephine's claim that she's on the run from an abusive husband. But when her convictions and compassion draw him in, he begins to reconsider the life he's chasing, while Josephine must face a world far more complicated than the principles she's held to. In a place where whiskey making takes time but justice is too often hurried, Dodge and Josephine must decide what, and who, they're willing to risk everything for, and whether faith will hold when the cost is high and time is running out.

Tamera Alexander is a USA Today bestselling author whose work has earned the Christy Award, the RITA Award, the Carol Award, and Library Journal's top honors, along with Publishers Weekly starred reviews. In 2020 she was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame. She and her husband live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Trade paperback. Releases September 8, 2026.