Where the Wild Roses Grow:

A catastrophic event called The Great Depression hit the world and impacted many, sweeping through households and leaving despair in its wake. Jobs were lost and economic stability became a thing of the past. Spokane, Washington, like countless other cities and towns across America, had no shortage of families and displaced souls in desperate situations.

The Beast of Rogue:

In an effort to work on his relationship with his self-involved wife, Joanie, Curt takes their son Tommy to visit his grandmother in Rogue, Montana. Tommy is taken on a fantastical adventure when his grandmother tells him a story about Rogue many moons ago. It starts in the eighteen-twenties with Lucinda, the unhappy wife of an impoverished fisherman, who more than anything wants a child of her own, and will do the unthinkable to get her wish—even kill.