in the christian states of america, a woman's place is with a man. no exceptions.although she's legally an adult, eighteen-year-old meryn flint must live at home until her stepfather, ray, finds her a husband. that's the law.but when ray kills her mother and meryn must flee for her own safety, she quickly discovers there's no safe place in the csa for a woman on the run. unless she's willing to marry her former boyfriend-a man who's already demonstrated his capacity for violence-she'll be forced to live on the street. and that's a dangerous option for a woman alone.as time runs out, meryn is offered a third path: build herself a tiny house, a safe place to call home. even though it's a violation of her family duty as well as every moral law on the books, meryn seizes the chance.but even a tiny tin house might not be enough to save her . . .