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The McKenna family is known for their award-winning sailboat trip around the world, but a family secret is ruining their joy. When reporter Tyler Jamison and one of the three daughters, Kate, begin to fall for each other, will Kate be able to keep the truth from him?
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Publishers Weekly describes the set-up:
Eight years ago, Duncan McKenna and his three daughters won a punishing around-the-world-sailboat race. Though Kate, Ashley and Caroline McKenna are haunted by the journey’s aftermath, they support their beloved father in keeping its ugly truths hidden. Then reporter Tyler Jamison arrives on idyllic Castleton Island, claiming he wants to write a story about the race. Tyler is actually bent on learning which of the McKenna girls gave birth to a child during it-a child illegally adopted by his brother, who may lose a custody battle if the identity of the birth mother isn’t discovered. While Kate and Tyler circle each other in mingled suspicion and sexual attraction, her sisters struggle with Duncan’s alcoholism and their own demons. Events reach crisis point during a sudden summer storm that forces the family to confront their fears and lies.
What the Reviewers Say
“Reporter Tyler Jamison knows that the once-famous McKenna family is hiding something but doesn’t know that it could devastate Tyler and his brother. Eight years earlier, Duncan McKenna and his three teenage daughters, Kate, Ashley, and Caroline, won the Winston Around the World Challenge with their sailboat, Moon Dancer. But instead of feeling jubilant after the hard-earned victory, each of them falls into a personal hell, Duncan’s fueled by alcohol. They’ve stuck together and kept their secret, and now, out of the blue, a reporter is trying to pry it out of them. Then Kate begins to develop an attachment to Tyler, feeling guilty because of the lies she has told him to protect her family. Tyler wants to start a relationship with her, too, but he has also told lies, even though they’re lies of omission. He knows that when he reveals who he really is, the hatred will be so great that any chance at love will be permanently destroyed. What really happened during the race?”
–Shelley Mosley for Booklist
“This book has got everything – romance, suspense and excitement. Three sisters on a small island off the coast who’ve had their fifteen minutes of fame but are now, ten years later, forced to face the consequences of that fateful sailboat race they won. Once their pictures were on the covers of every magazine, now all they want to do is to live quiet, normal lives. But their secrets come back to haunt them and they have to deal with them. You won’t be able to put it down until you find out what happens!”
–A Customer
“This was a most intelligent and enthralling story; not only intriguing, but sensual as well. All characters were well-thought out and interesting. From the very first, when Tyler appears on the scene, the story and romance grabs you. There was one fascinating plot after another, and I found myself half-crazed to know the secrets, and to see how Tyler and Kate got together, along with Sean and Ashley. And to find out whose baby it was and what became of Jeremy. I have been reading romance/suspense for a number of years and Ms. Freethy has become an addition to list of my best authors.”
–A. M. Hanley
–Shelley Mosley for Booklist
“This book has got everything – romance, suspense and excitement. Three sisters on a small island off the coast who’ve had their fifteen minutes of fame but are now, ten years later, forced to face the consequences of that fateful sailboat race they won. Once their pictures were on the covers of every magazine, now all they want to do is to live quiet, normal lives. But their secrets come back to haunt them and they have to deal with them. You won’t be able to put it down until you find out what happens!”
–A Customer
“This was a most intelligent and enthralling story; not only intriguing, but sensual as well. All characters were well-thought out and interesting. From the very first, when Tyler appears on the scene, the story and romance grabs you. There was one fascinating plot after another, and I found myself half-crazed to know the secrets, and to see how Tyler and Kate got together, along with Sean and Ashley. And to find out whose baby it was and what became of Jeremy. I have been reading romance/suspense for a number of years and Ms. Freethy has become an addition to list of my best authors.”
–A. M. Hanley
About the Author
Barbara Freethy is an award-winning, best-selling author of 27 novels. Some of Barbara’s out of print backlist has recently been released for the first time on the Kindle, including SUMMER SECRETS
, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
, and ALMOST HOME
.Barbara’s 27 books range from romantic suspense to single title contemporary, women’s fiction, and category romance.
, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, and ALMOST HOME.Barbara’s 27 books range from romantic suspense to single title contemporary, women’s fiction, and category romance.
She is a four-time RITA finalist for Best Single Title Contemporary from Romance Writers’ of America and won the RITA, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and she is a finalist in this year’s National Readers’ Choice competition. Her books have appeared on numerous bestseller lists including Amazon, Borders, Barnes and Noble and USA Today.
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