Idgie Says:
This is a very gentle book. Sad theme, but gentle people, affirmative initiatives, caring relationships. You won't find any harsh angst or sordid issues in this clean, wholesome novel about finding your true "you" and love again.
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Book 1 in a 3 book series
April, 2019
Mountain Hill Press
Set against the alluring backdrop of coastal South Carolina,
CLAIRE AT EDISTO takes the reader on a sweet and gentle journey showing
that love and new beginnings can often bloom from the deepest sorrows.
Standing in grief and shock at the grave of her young
husband, Claire Avery wonders what she and her young daughters will do
now. They live in the church parsonage they need to vacate. She hasn’t
worked since her marriage twelve years ago. Old issues and complications
hinder relationships with her family. Struggling for answers, Claire
accepts her brother-in-law’s offer to stay at his beach house at Edisto
to give her a season to heal and think. But even the peace and beauty
of the coastal island bring new problems along with unexpected joys as
Claire seeks to find her way.
Parker Avery always promised his brother Charles he would
look after Claire if anything happened to him. Charles stood by him
three years ago when his wife Ann died and Parker is determined now to
be a help to Claire and the girls. As time passes, instead of feeling
like a hero, he feels like a heel instead as he realizes he’s developing
feelings for his own brother’s widow. To make things worse, he watches
with pain and jealousy as Miles Lawrence waltzes into Claire’s life.
What can he expect though? It hardly seems right that Claire, even after
a season of mourning, would ever fall in love with her own
brother-in-law.