Elizabeth Goodweather, mother of two and a widow for six
years, has done well for herself on her beautiful farm in
the majestic North Carolina hills. She and her husband,
Sam, spent many years of blood, sweat and tears trying to
survive in an area rich with family history and Cherokee
folklore. Unfortunately, while attempting to raise her
children in peace and tranquility, deep dark secrets and
devastating tragedies still become part of their lives.
Rosemary, Elizabeth's oldest daughter, has an overwhelming
need to solve her best friend's mysterious disappearance 20
years ago. She knows she must return home to revisit her
past and her own insecurities from when she was 10 years
old; she just hopes she can remember certain details to
help mend her heavy heart. Rosemary begins an investigation
and desperate hunt for a truth only to unearth secrets and
lies of not only her family, but also those of her
neighbors.
Whew! If you like beautiful, breathtakingly described
scenery and well-crafted character building, this is the
book for you. Vicki Lane's attention to detail is
immensely intriguing. Enjoy.
Elizabeth Goodweather knows what it’s like to be an
outsider, to keep secrets and nurse wounds. But Elizabeth
raised a family in these mist-shrouded North Carolina
hills and is deeply settled on her small farm—even finding
the space to let a new man into her life. Everything
changes when her daughter Rosemary returns home,
determined to solve a nineteen-year-old riddle: the
mysterious disappearance of her best friend, Maythorn
Mullins, when the girls were just ten.
Soon
Elizabeth and her daughter are prying into the strange
history of the Mullins family, confronting a complex
thicket of relationships and exploring a realm of magic
and Cherokee legend that Maythorn shared secretly with
Rosemary.
But most of all, they will discover that
behind a child’s disappearance was something more evil and
far closer than they ever imagined....