MIRA
February 2009
On Sale: February 1, 2009
Featuring: Daisy Spencer; Walker Ames
416 pages ISBN: 0778327302 EAN: 9780778327301 Kindle: B0084ZXDW0 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
The picture-perfect town of Trinity Harbor, Virginia, is in an uproar when Robert βKingβ Spencerβs sensible spinster daughter takes in a modern-day Huck Finn she finds hot-wiring her car. But Daisy, a spirited beauty with a tragic past, needs this orphaned ten-year-old boy to love. Sheβs confident she can handle her bull-headed fatherβthe self-appointed town patriarchβher two bossy brothers, concerned pastor and social services. The only real obstacle isβ¦that man. That man is Tommyβs uncle, Walter Ames, a tough D.C. cop whose wife gave up on him as a husband and father years ago. Perhaps this unexpected nephew is Walkerβs chance to redeem his failure as a family man. Soon heβs commuting to the charming fishbowl of a town where everyone assumes heβs seduced Daisy Spencer, their best Sunday school teacher. But to Walker, Daisy is a disconcerting mix of smart-mouthed innocence and wicked temptationβ¦. For Daisy, Walker and Tommy, a long, hot summer in the town thatβs not as sleepy as it seems offers a second chance at family.