On the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, in the small town of
Emerald Isle…
Juli Cooke, hard-working and getting
nowhere fast, marries a dying man, Ben Bradshaw, for a financial
settlement, not expecting he will set her on a journey of hope and love.
The journey brings her to Luke Winters, a local art dealer, but Luke
resents the woman who married his sick friend and warns her not to hurt
Ben—and he’s watching to make sure she doesn’t.
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Until Ben dies and the stakes change.
Framed by the
timelessness of the Atlantic Ocean and the brilliant blue of the beach
sky, Juli struggles against her past, the opposition of Ben’s and
Luke’s families, and even the living reminder of her
marriage—to build a future with hope and perhaps to find the love
of her life—if she can survive the danger from her past.
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