The Red Fox Tavern (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798277969496)

At sixteen, Grayson loses everything, his mother to illness, his father to despair, and the only life he's ever known.

Alone with nothing but growing corn and potatoes to survive. With a small inheritance and a fierce will to survive, he leaves the dusty roads of his childhood behind and heads for Boston, determined to carve out a future worthy of the dreams his parents never lived to see.

In the booming sawmill industry, Grayson rises fast: wealth comes quickly, success even quicker. But, the higher he climbs, the further he drifts from the boy he once was. When a passionate affair threatens the life he's built with his school sweetheart, Sally, Grayson makes a choice that could fracture their marriage and alter their family forever. A secret child. A confession years too late. A forgiveness Sally struggles to give but cannot deny.

As his children and wife grow into the kind of privileged snobs. Grayson makes one final, desperate attempt to save his family: returning to the humble farm where his journey began. By pretending they've lost everything, he hopes to remind them of what truly matters.

What begins as a painful deception soon becomes a path back to love, humility, and the meaning of home. In the end, Grayson must confront the man he's become, and rediscover the one he was meant to be.

A sweeping tale of ambition, betrayal, forgiveness, and the healing power of second chances.