Dear Friends,
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The Summer Hideaway is one of the most challenging stories I've written, simply because each character brought so much into the picture. Okay, baggage. I admit it, they have baggage. But it's very entertaining baggage, and a meaningful journey.
First we have Claire, who is in a witness protection program and destined to stay in hiding for the rest of her life. Claire has chosen a life of isolation, providing end-of-life care for people. Her current client is George Bellamy, who I think has the potential to become a real reader favorite. At the end of his life, George wants to return to the place where he found his greatest happiness, the place where his story beganÐCamp Kioga, on Willow Lake. Despite his circumstances, he's learned to face things with love and laughter.
George is also determined to look after the people he loves, chief among them, his grandson Ross Bellamy, newly back from war and dealing with all the leftover fallout from his service as a medevac chopper pilot. I've always believed a the grandparent/grandchild relationship to possess a special magic, and this is what The Summer Hideaway celebrates in these two men. There is nothing Ross won't do for him.
Except fall in love. Because of course, that's what lies at the heart of The Summer Hideaway, a grand love story involving two unlikely people determined to resist getting involved at all costs. And of course, the more they resist, the more we root for them.
2010 is going to be a big book year for me. In addition to The Summer Hideaway, there are some wonderful special editions and reissues of past books on the schedule. I'll try to keep my book lists as up to date as possible—links are on the left margin.
I wish you good cheer and good reading, all year long.
