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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... words passed on the worst of both of them rang too loudly in her ears. Macy didn't often give much thought to the ugly baby, save for those occasional Saturday runins. But here it was, its face floating in front of her, superimposed ...
... words passed on the worst of both of them rang too loudly in her ears. Macy didn't often give much thought to the ugly baby, save for those occasional Saturday runins. But here it was, its face floating in front of her, superimposed ...
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... words leaving her mouth like needlesharp icicles. “I'm not trying to make comparisons,” Jack said. “I'm just saying that Macy's going through a lot, too. Nash was her husband.” Magda felt a familiar rage start to boil deep within her ...
... words leaving her mouth like needlesharp icicles. “I'm not trying to make comparisons,” Jack said. “I'm just saying that Macy's going through a lot, too. Nash was her husband.” Magda felt a familiar rage start to boil deep within her ...
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... words weren't the problem. It was that she was fresh out of words, and had used her hand instead. Magda's eye caught something to the right of her foot. Initials. NA+MA. She reached down and let her fingers follow the grooved letters ...
... words weren't the problem. It was that she was fresh out of words, and had used her hand instead. Magda's eye caught something to the right of her foot. Initials. NA+MA. She reached down and let her fingers follow the grooved letters ...
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... words had tumbled out before Magda even knew what she was saying. But she couldn't have stopped them regardless ... word. Her voice faltered, just for a second. “This time, it's for good.” Magda looked hard at Macy's sister, opening her ...
... words had tumbled out before Magda even knew what she was saying. But she couldn't have stopped them regardless ... word. Her voice faltered, just for a second. “This time, it's for good.” Magda looked hard at Macy's sister, opening her ...
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... words—estate sale—in a newspaper or on a sign would cause Magda's chest to constrict, her lip to quiver, her hands to shake. She weathered those two words much the same way others did news stories of child or animal abuse or war ...
... words—estate sale—in a newspaper or on a sign would cause Magda's chest to constrict, her lip to quiver, her hands to shake. She weathered those two words much the same way others did news stories of child or animal abuse or war ...
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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