Into the Starlight
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Publisher Description
After more than a year in Europe, Joanna Vaughn returns to Sweetwater Crossing, her dreams of becoming a concert pianist shattered. As if that weren't enough, her husband, whom she married after a whirlwind courtship, has died. The only thing sustaining her on the journey back to Texas was the thought of her childhood home. But to Joanna's dismay, she's changed so much that the place she once loved no longer feels like home.
After his fiancée married his partner and both blamed him for a patient's death, Dr. Burke Finley believes it's time for a change. A quick trip with his almost-aunt Della Samuels to Sweetwater Crossing turns into an extended stay to discover what happened to his uncle and her would-be husband. But the beautiful and musical Joanna makes it more than bearable.
As the two join forces to help Della, there is no denying the attraction felt on both sides. But ghosts from the past are coming to call--and threatening to destroy any chance at happily-ever-after.
Get swept away by this emotional tale of family, friendship, and the kind of love that overcomes every obstacle.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
New information about a long-ago disappearance shakes up a Texas town in Cabot's textured latest Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing novel (after Against the Wind). In 1883, pianist Joanna Vaughn returns from a short-lived European tour only to discover that her sister Emily has converted their childhood home into a boardinghouse in the wake of their father's suspicious death the year before. Joanna barely has time to process the news before Dr. Burke Finley and Della Stanley unearth more of the house's murky history. Built more than 20 years earlier by Burke's uncle Clive for his fiancée, Della, the Finley House was temporarily entrusted to Joanna's father when Clive went off to fight in the Civil War, from which he never returned. Now, Della's convinced that visiting the house will give her closure. But the exact opposite happens when Joanna sees the letter Della received from Joanna's father about Clive's death and realizes it isn't his penmanship. Suspicious that Clive's disappearance and her father's death are somehow linked, Joanna teams up with Della and Burke to seek answers. As attraction brews between Joanna and Burke, a secret from her past emerges to complicate matters. Cabot gracefully blends suspense and romance as Joanna and Burke work to unravel the mystery before tragedy strikes again. Energetic and tightly plotted, this captivates.
