Simon & Schuster
August 2014
On Sale: August 5, 2014
Featuring: Ellen Trawton; Caitlin
448 pages ISBN: 1476735379 EAN: 9781476735375 Kindle: B00GEEB74E Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Set in Ireland on the wild coast of Connemara, this hauntingly romantic novel tells the story of a young woman who goes in search of her familyβs past and ends up discovering her future.
Ellen Trawton is running away from it all. She hates her job, she doesnβt love the aristocratic man to whom she is engaged, and her relationship with her controlling mother is becoming increasingly strained. So Ellen leaves London, fleeing to the one place she knows her mother wonβt find her, her auntβs cottage in Connemara. Cutting all her ties with chic London society, Ellen gives in to Irelandβs charm and warmth, thinking her future may lie where so much of her past has been hidden. Her imagination is soon captured by the compelling ruins of a lighthouse where, five years earlier, a young mother died in a fire.
The ghost of the young wife, Caitlin, haunts the nearby castle, mourning the future she can never have there. Unable to move on, she watches her husband and children, hoping they might see her and feel her love once more. But she doesnβt anticipate her husband falling in love again. Can she prevent it? Or can she let go and find a way to freedom and happiness?
The ruggedly beautiful Connemara coastline with its tightknit community of unforgettable characters provides the backdrop for this poignant story of two women seeking the peace and love they desperately need. For each, the key will be found in the secrets of the past, illuminated by the lighthouse.
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