Forgiving Jackson

Pace (Simple Gone South) weaves a solid contemporary romance about recovery from terrible trauma. After a deranged audience member hurls a firebomb at a concert stage in Los Angeles, country crooner Jackson Beauford loses several good friends%E2%80%94and his will to perform. Meanwhile, New York resident Emory Lowell is trying to bury the pain of being raped by moving home to Beauford, Tenn., and pouring herself into Jackson's late aunt's event business, Around the Bend. When Jackson heads home to recuperate from the fire, he insists that Emory disband the business and leave him to his sorrow. But what he doesn't realize is how much these two damaged souls need each other. This tendertale illustrates how love can heal the deepest of wounds. (Sept.)