Summer's Child

by Luanne Rice

Bantam

Contemporary Romance

May 31, 2005

ISBN-13: 0553587625

Available in: Paperback

Summer's Child
by Luanne Rice

THERE'S A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS RESERVED FOR MIRACLES... From Luanne Rice, the celebrated author of Beach Girls and many other New York Times bestsellers, comes this powerful novel of a mystery, a love affair, and a bond that cannot be broken set in a seaside town where miracles are made... On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden--and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant mother whose glowing smile had captured the heart of everyone who'd known her: Maeve Jameson, still mourning the loss of a granddaughter she had struggled to protect...Patrick Murphy, a dogged police detective obsessed with a vanished woman...and Lily Malone, drawn to the rugged beauty of the Nova Scotia coast and its promise of a new life. Here Lily hopes to raise her nine-year-old daughter, Rose, far from the pain and loss of the past. Here she will meet a gifted scientist, Liam Neill, whose life is on a similar trajectory from heartbreak to hope. And before the season is over, Lily will find the magic that exists in people we love the best...the everyday miracles that can make the extraordinary happen anywhere.



Luanne Rice's Bio

Luanne Rice is the author of twenty novels, most recently SUMMER OF ROSES, SUMMER'S CHILD, SILVER BELLS, BEACH GIRLS, DANCE WITH ME, and THE PERFECT SUMMER. She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut. BEACH GIRLS was the basis for the Lifetime television network miniseries, and SILVER BELLS was a recent Hallmark Hall of Fame feature presentation.