{"product_id":"the-broken-compass-shelly-collins-9798993065731","title":"The Broken Compass","description":"\u003cp\u003eDanny Wallace got everything he thought he wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe song. The record deal. The stage lights. The chance to leave White Oak Hollow behind and become the country music star he always believed he could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut some dreams come with a cost, and Danny's was paid for with someone else's truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter stealing the song that should have belonged to his wife, Shelby, Danny rides the success of \u003cb\u003e\"Highway Prayer\"\u003c\/b\u003e into a world of tour buses, sold-out crowds, cheap applause, and darker temptations. What began as ambition becomes betrayal. What began as one lie becomes a life he can no longer recognize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack home in White Oak Hollow, Shelby is left to carry the weight of his choices while trying to rebuild a life from the wreckage Danny left behind. As the town watches, judges, remembers, and whispers, the past refuses to stay buried. Old wounds reopen. New voices rise. And somewhere in the shadows of the mountains, the legend of Jimmy \"Half Pint\" Carter still waits, reminding Danny that some debts do not disappear just because a man outruns them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Broken Compass\u003c\/b\u003e is the second book in the \u003cb\u003e3 Chords and a Lie\u003c\/b\u003e trilogy, a gritty Appalachian story of music, marriage, guilt, fame, betrayal, and the dangerous road between redemption and ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who love emotionally driven Southern fiction, country music storytelling, flawed characters, and small towns where every secret has a long memory, \u003cb\u003eThe Broken Compass\u003c\/b\u003e asks one hard question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat good is a man's dream if he loses himself chasing it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shelly Collins,Edward Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993065731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fouled Anchor Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.97d","brand":"Shelly Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173940404479,"sku":"9798993065731","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-broken-compass-shelly-collins-9798993065731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}