{"product_id":"what-the-briars-remember-t-l-johnson-9798951320162","title":"What the Briars Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Bellwether, Mississippi, kindness has always come with strings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreer Kerrigan has spent seven years believing Rhett Leighton chose his powerful family over her. Rhett has spent those same years knowing she was right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he returns home for his grandmother's funeral, neither expects a tornado to tear through Bellwether-or to scatter Ruth Leighton's most private records across Briar County. The pages reveal a hidden system of medical bills paid, businesses rescued, favors collected, and desperate choices preserved in Ruth's meticulous hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreer's father is among the people named.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Greer and Rhett follow the paper trail through sealed court records, missing correspondence, and agreements never meant to become public, they confront a truth Bellwether would rather leave buried: Ruth's generosity saved lives. It also gave her the power to decide how those lives should be lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking together means reopening everything Greer and Rhett never resolved. But some wounds cannot heal around an inherited lie-and some second chances can begin only after every debt has been named.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAtmospheric, intimate, and morally charged, \u003cem\u003eWhat the Briars Remember\u003c\/em\u003e is a Southern Gothic novel about family secrets, small-town power, weaponized charity, and two people discovering whether love can survive the truth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. L. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798951320162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Midnight Haven Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d","brand":"T. L. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097565470975,"sku":"9798951320162","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-the-briars-remember-t-l-johnson-9798951320162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}