{"product_id":"blood-up-north-9781925965803","title":"Blood Up North","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if your survival depended on the villainy you long despised?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSister and brother. A loyalty forged in the crucible of their tragic upbringing in the Northwoods town of Backus, Minnesota. Cass, a quiet young woman caring for the grandmother who raised them. Jack, a fugitive carrying a life-changing sum of stolen drug money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate, trusting only his sister, Jack enlists her help in burying the cash in their grandmother's back acres. Cass agrees to the scheme, a decision that soon endangers not only her unassuming backwoods existence, but both of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack returns to hiding, and Cass learns of the bounty placed on his head, as the cast of characters in their orbit-some villains, some saviors, some perhaps both-emerges. Their corrupt cop uncle and lawless cousins. Their father, a violent, conniving career criminal whom the siblings blame for their mother's unsolved murder many years ago. Claiming reformation, he pledges to ensure her and Jack's safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBowed by the burdens of her love for Jack, haunted by a past that seems poised to repeat itself, Cass realizes that her survival may depend on her own measure of wickedness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoukup, Fredrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Fredrick Soukup graduated from Saint John's University in 2010. His debut novel, Bliss (Regal House Publishing), received a 2020 IPPY bronze medal in the category of Great Lakes Fiction, was a finalist for the 2020 Eric Hoffer Award, and was a finalist for the 2021 Minnesota Book Awards. Blood Up North is his second novel. Soukup lives in Saint Paul with his brilliant wife, Ashley, and delightful daughter, Clare. fredrick-soukup.com","brand":"Vine Leaves Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50507932434706,"sku":"9781925965803","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c42a2965-d285-4654-92c7-c017456d14c9.jpg?v=1730870482","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blood-up-north-9781925965803","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}