Lost IslandLacey, Elise, and Giles. They grew up together on a mist-shrouded island off the Georgia coast. Long ago, and without Giles's ever knowing it, Lacey gave birth to his son. But Elise, the beautiful, domineering one, got Giles. She got Lacey's child, too, to bring up as her own. Lacey has tried hard to forget. But in ten years she hasn't been able to. So she's going back. To see her son. To confront Elise. To exorcise the spell of the island - and of Giles. Or perhaps to be trapped by them forever.... |
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... balusters , and similar balusters rimmed the suspended balcony above . " Camelot , " Elise had called it when we'd played our childish King Arthur games , and Camelot it remained to me in memory . I swallowed unwilling tears that had no ...
... balusters , and similar balusters rimmed the suspended balcony above . " Camelot , " Elise had called it when we'd played our childish King Arthur games , and Camelot it remained to me in memory . I swallowed unwilling tears that had no ...
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... balusters we could look down upon the heads of the glittering crowd below . The music had paused , and a rush of sound came up to us - the chatter of voices , the laughter of women , the more resonant tones of the men . A blending of ...
... balusters we could look down upon the heads of the glittering crowd below . The music had paused , and a rush of sound came up to us - the chatter of voices , the laughter of women , the more resonant tones of the men . A blending of ...
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... baluster until I was sitting on the bottom step . The air seemed suddenly cold and I put both arms around my body and tried to hold myself still . Vinnie came into the hall and saw me there . In a moment she had gone to the coat rack ...
... baluster until I was sitting on the bottom step . The air seemed suddenly cold and I put both arms around my body and tried to hold myself still . Vinnie came into the hall and saw me there . In a moment she had gone to the coat rack ...
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