Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

Canaan's Land Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

Canaan Moss is a farmer, a man struggling to make a living from the land his family has owned for generations. It's difficult to accomplish in the 21st century Ozarks in a remote corner of Missouri but he's scraping by, one day at a time, living lonely. He meets Kaitlin Koch, a local journalist who wants to do a feature about his farm but before it can happen, law enforcement agents descend on his farm. He's arrested for a marijuana field he didn't grow and for pot stored in an old barn. Cane's innocent but no one except Kaitlin and his cousin believe that. As he tries to prove his innocence, he's shunned in the community. After the true perpetrators break in and beat him so badly Cane ends up in the hospital, he's in danger. He recognized the two men who hurt him and if he doesn't get someone to listen, he can't clear his name and he may just end up dead. Finding a happy ending with the woman he loves seems a remote possibility.