Book Description

Years ago, Joe Connally married Olivia Jones becauseit was the right thing to do. But when they lost thebaby, there seemed to be no need to carry on thecharade. Olivia put her broken heart on a shelf and set outto leave her past, and its pain, behind. As an interior designer, Olivia is just beginning to make hermark and has won the coveted job of restoring Mallenegua,a massive stone mansion situated on a private island off thecoast of South Carolina. But unexpectedly she comes face-to-face with the husband she loved and lost—the projectarchitect is Joe Connally. While the passion still lingers, so does the hurt and thefierce hostility of his scheming family, who will do anythingto drive Olivia away. When strange things begin to happenat the old mansion, Olivia is drawn into a deadly schemethat could ultimately cost her her life.