Breakwater Bay : A Novel

An abandoned baby, a glorious old Newport mansion, and awakening romance combine in Breakwater Bay, an engaging story that echoes the flair, humor, and emotional depth of Kristin Hannahs popular novels.Preservationist Meri Hollis loves her latest project, restoring one of Newports forgotten Gilded Age mansions. And with summer approaching, shell be able to spend more time with her Gran on the Rhode Island shore. She has a great job, a loving family and shes pretty sure her boyfriend is going to propose on her thirtieth birthday.But everything Meri believes about family, happiness, truth, and love is shattered when her familys darkest secret is exposed.Thirty years before, Meris neighbor and friend, Alden Corrigan, took his fathers dinghy out to fish. In a sudden storm, he rushed to help a woman stranded on the breakwater. She was just a girl . . . a very pregnant girl who disappeared soon after they reached safetybut not before she left behind a very special gift.Now that the truth it out, life will change for everyone in Breakwater Bay, and Meri and Alden will have to make decisions that could insure their future together . . . or separate them for good.