What Love Will Do

Dale Pemberton, a down‑and‑out reporter cursed by a lingering hoodoo, drifts from one failed assignment to another until fate deposits him on the weather‑worn homestead of the Gregory clan. The patriarch, Amos Gregory, is shackled by suspicion after three unscrupulous bankers vanish under mysterious circumstances, their disappearance whispered as murder. Pemberton, armed with a restless curiosity and a bruised reputation, plunges into the tangled thickets of rural intrigue, confronting superstitions, hidden motives, and a slew of perilous encounters that test his mettle. As the investigation unfurls, alliances shift, secrets surface, and the line between justice and vengeance blurs. Ultimately, Pemberton untangles the truth, exposing a conspiracy that absolves Gregory, and in the process, his heart is claimed by Gregory’s spirited daughter, sealing a union that promises redemption for both the reporter and the embattled family.