Hunter Green tells the story of nurse Teresa Billings' journey to discover the truth after Benjamin Hunter, a stranger with green eyes eerily similar to her own, makes a deathbed confession that turns her world upside down. Reluctant at first to shatter her stable yet solitary life, Teresa hesitates to consider the old man's claims until she comes across an unfinished piano composition in Benjamin's belongings titled
Peg and Teresa. The surprising use of her mother's nickname compels her to put aside her fears and investigate the link between her mother and this mysterious man with Hunter-green eyes. After gathering information from journals, family friends, and her estranged father—while fighting against starting a relationship with a man she believes is too good to be true—Teresa retells the real story of her parentage to her best friend.
Fresh from high school, Peg Bennett met a jazz musician named Benjamin Hunter while visiting Detroit for the summer. Despite the differences in their age and background, they fall in love and plan to marry until fate, her father, and a misinterpreted note rip them apart and send each spiraling into their own darkness. With the help of his best friend and a renewed relationship with God, Benjamin finds his way back into the light only to be forced to decide whether to pursue the love of his life or protect Peg from scandal.
From 1969 Detroit, Michigan to 2002 Eagle Creek, Wisconsin, Teresa not only learns the truth of the past but grows in her belief in God which allows her to look forward to her own future. Hunter Green is a tragic yet uplifting tale of love and heartbreak, self-destruction and redemption, strength in faith, and the devastating effects that can spawn out of social propriety without compassion.
