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Also by Loretta Ellsworth:

The Jilted Countess, January 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
The French Winemaker's Daughter, December 2024
Paperback
Stars Over Clear Lake, May 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
In A Heartbeat, February 2010
Hardcover

STARS OVER CLEAR LAKE
By: Loretta Ellsworth

Thomas Dunne Books
May 2017
On Sale: May 2, 2017
Featuring: Lorraine Kindred
320 pages
ISBN: 1250097037
EAN: 9781250097033
Kindle: B01MA1MC8Q
Hardcover / e-Book
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Romance Historical

Mesmerizing and romantic, Stars Over Clear Lake transports readers to the Surf Ballroom, where musical acts became legends in the 1940s and which holds the key to one woman’s deepest secret.

Lorraine Kindred’s most cherished memories are of the Surf Ballroom, the place where youth lost themselves to the brassy sounds and magnetic energy of the big band swing, where boys spent their last nights before shipping off to war―and where Lorraine herself was swept away by a star-crossed romance.

Returning to the ballroom for the first time in decades, Lorraine enters a dazzling world she thought long vanished. But as the sparkling past comes to life, so does the fateful encounter that forced her to choose between her heart and her duty all those years ago―and Lorraine must face the secret she’s buried ever since. Along the way, she’ll rediscover herself, her passion, and her capacity for resilience.

Set during the 1940s and the present and inspired by a real-life ballroom, Loretta Ellsworth’s Stars Over Clear Lake is a moving story of forbidden love, lost love, everlasting love―and self love.