One woman and three men are drawn to coastal South Carolina to an oceanfront Victorian B & B inn, fleeing their former lives of heartbreak, betrayal, anger, racism and grief. Jade Armstrong from Santa Barbara is newly divorced and left with nothing by her treacherous, lying ex-husband. Gabriel Montoro of San Antonio is reeling from a cheating wife and loss of his young daughter who moves out of state. Rick Stirling owns the inn and has suffered a devastating personal loss.
Jade vows revenge while believing she deserves a new life. Gabriel believes a good life is only for fairytales and something he’ll never have. He vows to break hearts and spirits as his own have been broken. Rick’s life is one of purely work with no room for anything else but sorrow. None of them want love or relationship, but as they move into and through the emotional storm of their lives, destiny brings them together in an extraordinary way in the quaint beach town of Golden Shores.
Through work and friendship, their inner conflicts extend to each other while vying for the need for survival, healing, attraction and love. The plot twists keep the reader guessing if and how they resolve their issues, and if they move on separately or together.
The story takes place in the Grand Strand region of coastal South Carolina providing a restorative, inspiring seaside setting. A charming oceanfront inn complete with mystical, enchanting elements lifts the characters’ spirits and helps them on their journeys. Their passionate triangle must be broken for them to move on with their lives, but who ends up with whom, or do they, and when?
“What if the mysteries of your life began before you were born and echo into your future?”
Like echoes reverberating from lifetimes ago controlling their lives and futures, a woman and man are haunted by their pasts. The unexpected power and beauty of their connection is as spectacular as the landscapes they walk through in Montana and Wyoming, but they are just as fated, unpredictable and complex.
They struggle withthe reasons they were born to begin with—what makes their lives worth living? How do they move forward after losses so devastating they believe they’ll never love again? Even with best intentions, nothing is guaranteed except one thing, and only they can discover it.
The inspiration to write this book partially came from a quote by Toni Morrison: “If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
“A journey of love and life through time and tragedy that few have the courage to take, fewer live to remember & readers will never forget.”
Eternal bonds of love surrounding the sea have been fulfilled and broken through generations of life. They haunt Ella and Daniel with secrets, lies, spirits, and memories of living in other times with similar fates. From Key West to Maine, the plot twists will keep readers fascinated from the first chapter to the end.
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