Edited by Caro1970 at 10-09-2023 13:58
Melody Logan knew her beautiful mother, Haille, was unhappyin their hardscrabble mining town... But with her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melodyalways felt safe—until a dreadful mine accident ripped her from her family'smoorings. She was still devastated by her father's death when she leftWest Virginia with Haille to follow her mother's dream of becoming a model oractress. But first they stopped in Cape Cod to visit her father's family atlast. Melody knew only that her grandparents had disowned theirson when he married Haille—just because she was an orphan, her mother said. Yetmoments after Melody first laid eyes on dour, Bible-spouting Uncle Jacob,nervous Aunt Sara, and her cousins—handsome Cary, whose twin, Laura, had beenkilled recently in a sailing accident, and sweet, deaf little May—Hailleannounced that Melody was to live with them. Sleeping in Laura's old room, Melody was awash in a sea ofgrief and confusion, with only her beloved fiddle to comfort her. Then Caryrevealed the truth he'd gleaned about her parents—a sad shocking story thatonly puzzled her more. Melody knew nothing of the dark deceptions that wouldsoon surface...the devastating betrayals she would face before she glimpsed thefaint, beckoning lights of a safe harbor...
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