Get wrapped up in the lives of two families from different sides of the track. – Tim and Vee Crawford are the middle-class parents of four children in Brookton, PA. Georgia and Zeke Hayes struggle to make ends meet after moving four of their seven children there from Tennessee. The families become intertwined through the marriage of their two youngest children – Ella Crawford and Ben Hayes. A fight between the married couple becomes physical. Overheard by their two young children hiding in a closet, 10-year-old Vanessa watches through a crack in the closet door. Following the altercation, a neighbor finds Ella unconscious with no witnesses as to what happened to her. Her children are nowhere in sight. As Ella fights for her life, the children are found. Both she and Ben’s families gather, all waiting on word of Ella’s condition and looking for hope and someone to blame. Many believe it was an accident, while others, who know Ben is an alcoholic, think Ben was drunk and pushed her. He claims he doesn’t remember. Watch the families become even more entangled searching for answers about Ella. The truth becomes an untold mystery. The Crawford and Hayes children's lives remain interwoven as 15 years pass. As their stories continue to unfold, the secret about what happened to Ella remains a distant memory. Then the one witness to Ella's accident finally comes forward to unravel and reveal the truth. This book is written in 2 sections. The action of the first section begins in 1969 and takes place over three days. Section 2 takes place 15 years later over a period of three days. The chapters are short, moving from character to character and place to place. If you love "Vex and Valor", the saga of the Hayes and Crawford families will continue with "Vows and Verdicts"!