| Description |
391 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"He's a gambler at best. A con artist at worst, "her aunt had said of the handlebar-mustached man who snatched Ella Wallace from her dreams of studying art in France. Eighteen years later, he has disappeared, leaving Ella saddled with debt and struggling to support three sons. While World War I rages through Europe, Ella begins her own battle to keep the mystical Florida land that has been in her family for generations from the hands of an unscrupulous banker. A mysterious man who arrives at Ella's door in an unconventional way convinces her he can help, and a tenuous trust begins. But when the battle for Ella's land intensifies, the town's suspicion of her visitor surges and it's soon apparent he is as haunted by his past as Ella is terrified for her future. As the two realities collide, hypocrisy and murder shake the coastal town of Apalachicola, jeopardizing everything Ella has fought so desperately to save. |
| Note |
Includes discussion questions and author interview. |
| Subject |
Single mothers -- Fiction.
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Right of property -- Fiction.
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Apalachicola (Fla.) -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781414373300 hardback |
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1414373309 hardback |
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