{"product_id":"9780440243328","title":"Southern Lights","description":"\u003cp\u003eDanielle Steel sweeps us from a Manhattan courtroom to the Deep South in her powerful new novel—at once a behind-closed-doors look into the heart of a family and a tale of crime and punishment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOUTHERN LIGHTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven years have passed since Alexa Hamilton left the South behind, fleeing the pain of her ex-husband’s betrayal and the cruelty of his prominent Charleston family. Now an assistant D.A. in Manhattan, Alexa has finally put her demons to rest, raising her daughter alone and making a name for herself as a top prosecutor taking on some of the city’s toughest cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Alexa prepares for her latest case, the high-stakes trial of accused serial killer Luke Quentin, threatening letters addressed to Savannah, her beautiful seventeen-year-old daughter, throw Alexa’s private life into turmoil. Certain that Quentin is behind the letters, Alexa must make the toughest choice of all: to send her daughter back to her ex-husband’s world of southern tradition and memories of betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Alexa’s trial builds to a climax in New York, her daughter settles into southern life, discovering a father and family history she barely knows. As secrets are exposed and old wounds are healed, Alexa and Savannah, after a season in different worlds, will come together again – strengthened by the challenges they have faced and changed by the mysteries they have unraveled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the gritty chaos of Manhattan’s criminal court system to the seductive gentility of the South, from the rage of a hardened criminal to the tender bond between a mother and a daughter, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Lights\u003c\/i\u003e will catch you off guard at every turn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011636117744,"sku":"9780440243328","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780440243328_p0.jpg?v=1763702274","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780440243328","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}