Miracle BeachIn a stirring debut novel, the discovery of a husband's troubling secrets after his death shakes his wife's faith in their marriage and herself. Macy Allen, an accomplished equestrienne, has relied on her horses and her husband, Nash, to pull her through. But after Nash dies in a tragic accident, Macy learns devastating secrets about his life that rock her belief in their marriage and herself. Nash's mother, Magda, blames Macy for her only son's death. When her husband, Jack, moves to Vancouver Island in a desperate attempt to feel closer to the son he's lost and never really knew, Magda's bitterness threatens to alienate the people she needs most. As this unlikely family questions how well they knew Nash and what love really means, still another surprise awaits them-an irrepressible child who will overturn all their expectations... |
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... felt her legs give way, like the bones in them had disintegrated right then and there. Because, she realized, Nash remained inside. Because he wouldn't ever step through that front entrance designed only for the living. Because she ...
... felt her legs give way, like the bones in them had disintegrated right then and there. Because, she realized, Nash remained inside. Because he wouldn't ever step through that front entrance designed only for the living. Because she ...
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... felt both sorry for and jealous of him. What she wouldn't give to be able to forget that night, yet Nash was the only thing she let herself think of. Standing around with a small group after the burial, she had found herself smiling ...
... felt both sorry for and jealous of him. What she wouldn't give to be able to forget that night, yet Nash was the only thing she let herself think of. Standing around with a small group after the burial, she had found herself smiling ...
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... felt a familiar rage start to boil deep within her, bitter and heavy. She had kept it in check since the incident at the funeral. “But I was his mother,” she wanted to scream at Jack. She stood and walked to the other side of the ...
... felt a familiar rage start to boil deep within her, bitter and heavy. She had kept it in check since the incident at the funeral. “But I was his mother,” she wanted to scream at Jack. She stood and walked to the other side of the ...
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... felt and looked like romance incarnate—when could you? She pictured twirling with him under strings of soft white lights and the even softer stars above, the rough skin of his hand gentle on her cheek, his arms solid and strong around ...
... felt and looked like romance incarnate—when could you? She pictured twirling with him under strings of soft white lights and the even softer stars above, the rough skin of his hand gentle on her cheek, his arms solid and strong around ...
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... felt the need to tether her grief to his final resting place, she'd have to pay hundreds of dollars for an airline ticket and fly more than four hours each way. Macy had insisted they move back to British Columbia after the wedding ...
... felt the need to tether her grief to his final resting place, she'd have to pay hundreds of dollars for an airline ticket and fly more than four hours each way. Macy had insisted they move back to British Columbia after the wedding ...
Contents
Chapter Five | |
Chapter Seven | |
Chapter Nine | |
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Chapter Eleven | |
Chapter Thirteen | |
Chapter Fourteen | |
Chapter Fifteen | |
Chapter Seventeen | |
Chapter Nineteen | |
Epilogue | |
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