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William Morrow
July 2017
On Sale: June 27, 2017
334 pages
ISBN: 0062404989
EAN: 9780062404985
Kindle: B01M592C5Y
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Beatriz Williams

Beatriz Williams
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The New York Times bestselling author of A Certain Age transports readers to sunny Florida in this lush and enthralling historical novel—an enchanting blend of love, suspense, betrayal, and redemption set among the rumrunners and scoundrels of Prohibition-era Cocoa Beach.

Burdened by a dark family secret, Virginia Fortescue flees
her oppressive home in New York City for the battlefields of
World War I France. While an ambulance driver for the Red
Cross, she meets a charismatic British army surgeon whose
persistent charm opens her heart to the possibility of love.
As the war rages, Virginia falls into a passionate affair
with the dashing Captain Simon Fitzwilliam, only to discover
that his past has its own dark secrets—secrets that will
damage their eventual marriage and propel her back across
the Atlantic to the sister and father she left behind.

Five years later, in the early days of Prohibition, the
newly widowed Virginia Fitzwilliam arrives in the tropical
boomtown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, to settle her husband’s
estate. Despite the evidence, Virginia does not believe
Simon perished in the fire that destroyed the seaside home
he built for her and their young daughter. Separated from
her husband since the early days of their marriage, the
headstrong Virginia plans to uncover the truth, for the sake
of the daughter Simon never met.

Simon’s brother and sister welcome her with open arms and
introduce her to a dazzling new world of citrus groves,
white beaches, bootleggers, and Prohibition agents. But
Virginia senses a predatory presence lurking beneath the
irresistible, hedonistic surface of this coastal oasis. The
more she learns about Simon and his mysterious business
interests, the more she fears that the dangers that
surrounded Simon now threaten her and their daughter’s life
as well.