Vorwort
A captivating, romantic novel about secrets and second chances from the #1 New York Times bestselling author- now reissued in trade paperback.

Autorentext
Susan's first book was published in 1987 and since then she has been published by a variety of major publishers. A trained teacher she has found herself unable to completely abandon the profession and is a frequent workshop leader and speaker at writerconferences, including the literary institution Fields End and the legendary Maui Writers Conference. Her novel The Charm School was voted one of RWA's Favorite Books of the Year. She is the proud recipient of three RITA awards for Lakeside Cottage, Lord of the Night and The Mistress, and is often a finalist for the prestigious award. Her books appear regularly on numerous "Best Of" lists.Susan enjoys many hobbies, including sitting in the hot tub while talking to her mother on the phone, kickboxing, cleaning the can opener, sculpting with butter and growing her hair. She lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

Klappentext

Sandra Winslow, who's held by many in the town of Paradise, Rhode Island, to be responsible for her politician husband's death, decides to sell her home and hires her husband's friend Mike Malloy to restore it before the sale.

Zusammenfassung
After she decides to sell her beach house, a widow must decide whether to risk trusting a romantic new man in her life with deep, dark secrets -- and possibly her heart.
It's been two years since the mysterious accident took Sandra Winslow's politician husband, Victor -- the favorite son of a town called Paradise -- and left Sandra under a cloud of suspicion. She decides to sell her beach house on the edge of town and hires Mike Malloy, who touches her lonely heart. Can she trust a man with unbreakable ties to a community she's eager to leave behind -- and who is determined to unearth her deepest secrets?