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1883, San Antonio—where the dying frontier collides with industrial ambition…            

John Ives, the privileged son of a powerful tycoon, is sent to oversee his family’s ventures in the brutal swamps of Tampico, Mexico. But a fateful return to Texas sets him on a collision course with Stella Moore, a fiercely independent schoolteacher searching for her missing sister, and Peter Olenbush, a reckless ally with his own secrets.

As corruption festers in the shadows of progress, John’s quest for redemption is haunted by his family’s dark legacy and a murder that refuses to stay buried. In a city simmering with violence, greed, and betrayal, John must navigate the dangerous intersections of love, guilt, and survival. For fans of sweeping historical dramas and morally complex characters, The Wounds of My Father is a masterful tale of ambition, redemption, and the devastating cost of secrets.

Praise for Roccie Hill

Roccie Hill

First place winner in the WILLA Awards 2024 from Women Writing the West for The Blood of My Mother   

‘I found myself totally absorbed in the story and read the entire book in just a few days.’ — Reader Review

‘I loved this book from the very first page, so hard to put down once I started.’ — Reader Review

‘This is a book that will pull readers in and keep them on the edge of their seats. The characters are vividly portrayed, and the narrative is beautifully written. I simply could not put it down.’   – Patricia Wood,  Author of Lottery

‘It is Hill’s skill as a wordsmith together with her knowledge as historian and genealogist that creates a gripping story conveyed in evocative prose. This is a page turner that is at once a crime novel, a vividly poetic chronicle of life in a rapidly changing America, and a comment on where and how our lives and those of our ancestors, take us.’ — Mary Ann De Vlieg, Secretary General Emeritus of International European Theater Meeting

‘Roccie Hill is an exceptional writer with an unerring sense of time and place. You mustn’t miss her latest, The Wounds of My Father, which will transport you to turn-of-the-century San Antonio, where American industrialists clash with frontier settlers. Highly recommended!’ — Eric Maisel, Author of Choose Your Life Purposes

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Roccie Hill is an American writer and a native Californian. She received her BA in Philosophy and History at UCLA, and her MA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, where her short stories appeared regularly in the literary quarterly. After graduate school, she moved to Salinas, where she worked with César Chavez as part of the United Farm Workers union. She lived and worked in Paris for 8 years as a journalist, a teacher of Creative Writing, a Marketing Officer for the Statue of Liberty Centennial, and as a mother (her most important job ever).

She also lived in England for 8 years, mostly in Gloucestershire, where she worked for non-profits and produced a variety of short films and celebrity/royal events.