Return to Angel's Bay with Nick Hartley in Barbara Freethy's 4th book in this series. Nick has come back home to raise his daughter, who is now living with him after being with her mom for 12 years. He meets Isabella Silveira on a rainy night when he rescues her from going over a cliff and into the ocean with her car. Isabella is making her way to Angel's Bay to visit her brother and understand the dreams she is having. There is an instant attraction between her and Nick, but neither is looking for a relationship right now. The harder they run from it, the more attracted they become to each other.
Isabella is seeking to understand the visions she is having since her brother sent her an old necklace he found in a box in his basement. It isn't the first time she has had dreams and visions, but she feels compelled to find the answer to this one. In the process, she learns a lot about her family history and about herself.
Nick is at his wit's end with his 15-year-old daughter Megan and her dislike for him. How can he win her over and establish a relationship with her when she doesn't even want to try? As Nick, Isabella and Megan's lives intertwine, destiny takes over and pulls it all together.
Old characters from the first three books emerge and add to or finish their own stories. The lives of these new characters become woven into the fabric that makes up Angel's Bay. This is a compelling novel with plenty of romance, compassion and intrigue that will have you wanting more when the story ends.
Bestselling author Barbara Freethy enchants again in this
emotional and compelling tale of family secrets, abiding
friendships, and heart-touching romance.
Isabellaβs drive to Angelβs Bay would have ended in
tragedy when her car slid off a cliff if she hadnβt been
rescued by Nick Hartley. As he helps her to safety, she
realizes he is the man who has haunted her dreams. Nick,
however, is committed to reconnecting with his estranged
teenage daughter, refusing to respond to his powerful
attraction to Isabella. And Isabellaβs police chief
brother has his hands full with a missing mother, an
abandoned baby, and an unknown father.
What is Isabellaβs
role in the mysteriesβboth past and presentβ that swirl
around the town?
When she starts helping at the Hartley
family theater, all the pieces begin to link together.
Loves found and lost, heartbreak and happiness, courage
and betrayal are all part of the patchwork quilt of the
communityβand of life. Isabellaβs gift is seeing the
patterns. . . .
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