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A USA Today Bestseller
A Doubleday Book Club and Rhapsody Book Club
selection.
She gave up everything for the man she loved can she now
stand by him in his darkest hour?
JILL: Once she had a life any woman would envy: a great career
as a television anchorwoman and a handsome fiancι. But she
relinquished it all to start anew in her childhood home of
Martha's Vineyard. For Jill, carving out a new, lower-profile
career on the island is a struggle. But falling in love and
then marrying local carpenter Ben Niles feels natural and
seamless. It feels right...until everything she thought
she knew is called into question, and she must ask herself:
how to you recapture a life that may never have existed in the
first place?
BEN: Steady, rugged Ben, whose world turns upside down when he
is accused of a shocking crime. The small-town island life
suddenly chokes him, as he wonders who will stand by him...and
who will not...and how they can keep this terrible secret
and for how long.
RITA: Zany, dependable, always-there Rita, whose friendship is
put to a true test, but at what cost to herself, and at what
cost to her future?
Note: We first met Jill, Ben, and Rita in Places By
The Sea. They returned by popular demand! Look for some or
all of them in later books, too.
I never had a character arrested until Ben Niles. The closest
I ever came to that side of the law was in 1965, when my
friend, Jane, and I were brought in for "questioning" about
the disappearance of canned hams from Eddie's Market. (Someone
told the police there was a teenage party in town the
preceding night, that Jane and I were on the refreshment
committee, and that we had brought of all things ham and
pickle sandwiches.) The good news is we were released before
our parents found out.
Anyway, today I have a friend, Flora, who is a police officer.
When I asked for some authenticity "details" about being
arrested how one is "processed," what it's like in a cell,
what are the rules, etc. she said that instead of telling
me she would show me.
Flora "arrested" me. Made me stand up for questioning.
Fingerprinted me. Made me remove shoes, etc. Slapped me in a
cell. Made me grateful I'd never stolen those canned hams.
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