Carolina Moon

About this book

Tory Bodeen grew up in South Carolina, in a small run-down house, where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt--and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. But she had Hope, who lived in the big house just a short skip away and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn't allowed to be at home: a child.

After young Hope's brutal murder, unsolved to this day, Tory's life began to fall apart. And now, as she returns to her hometown, with plans to settle in and open a stylish home-design shop, she is determined to find a measure of peace and free herself from the haunting visions of the past. As she forges a new bond with Cade Lavelle--Hope's older brother and the heir to the family fortune--she isn't sure whether the tragic loss they share will unite them or drive them apart. But she is willing to open her heart, just a little, and try.

Living so close to those unhappy memories will be more difficult and frightening than Tory could ever have expected, however. Because Hope's murderer is nearby as well...

Subjects

  • bereavement
  • businesswomen
  • fiction
  • fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
  • fiction, romance, contemporary
  • fiction, romance, suspense
  • fiction, suspense
  • fiction, thrillers, suspense
  • friendship, fiction
  • jeunes femmes
  • large print books
  • large type books
  • love stories, american
  • murder
  • murder victims' families
  • open library staff picks
  • redemption
  • romance
  • romans, nouvelles
  • south carolina, fiction
  • young women
  • young women, fiction