Last Kiss

Zusatztext “An element of supernatural whimsy! a dark secret involving a trust fund and a disturbing question related to Charlie's estranged father! Randy! add complexity! while cameos from other Beach Girls characters contribute an engaging! homey touch.”— Publishers Weekly “A poignant story [with] a Practical Magic feel to it…and a touch of the film Ghost.” —New Haven Register Informationen zum Autor Luanne Rice is the author of twenty-seven novels, most recently The Geometry of Sisters , Last Kiss, Light of the Moon, What Matters Most, Sandcastles, Summer of Roses, Summer’s Child, Silver Bells , and Beach Girls , as well as The Letters , a collaboration with Joseph Monninger. She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut. Klappentext Is it true that old love never dies! that hearts can mend! that a secret revealed can change everything? New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice spins a mesmerizing tale readers will long remember-the powerful story of a close-knit community grappling with a dark mystery! and of a woman reclaiming a love she believed lost a lifetime ago. For nearly a year after the tragedy that claimed her teenage son! Charlie! Sheridan Rosslare has lived a quiet life on Hubbard's Point! tucked away in the beach house where they spent their happiest days. But Charlie's girlfriend! Nell Kilvert! is determined to find out what really happened on the night none of them will ever forget. She summons the one man she believes can uncover the truth-Gavin Dawson! who long ago thought he would always be at Sheridan's side. Now his boat sits anchored within sight of the window of the woman he once loved-and still loves. Both of them had believed in the power of love and forgiveness! connection and reconnection! to work magic. They thought they'd lost that faith forever. Can they find it one last time? Leseprobe Chapter One NELL KILVERT LAY BACK ON THE GRASS, HEARING THE breeze rustle the leaves overhead. Her bikini was salt-and sun-faded, a pretty shade of rose; around her waist she wore a beach towel, still damp from her last swim. Around her ankle she wore a strip of cloth, so ragged it looked ready to fall off. Charlie had tied it there three hundred and fifty-something days ago, just before leaving Hubbard's Point for college, at the end of last summer. Her long hair was dark brown. She had cat eyes: green, almond-shaped, unblinking. Right now there were tears pouring down out of them, into her ears, as she stared up at the gorgeous blue sky. "It's so beautiful," she whispered. "I know. So why are you crying?" "Because he can't feel it . . . he'll never feel summer again." "Why do you come here?" "So I can be near him." The boy—his name was Tyler—stared at her. She knew he was there, kneeling beside her, but she blocked him out. She focused completely on Charlie. Closing her eyes, she could imagine him right here with her. The cemetery was quiet. Located behind Foley's Store, right in the middle of Hubbard's Point—between the train bridge that separated the beach from the rest of the world, and the Sound—it was filled with tall trees. And it was filled with graves. One of them was Charlie's. Nell lay on the ground by Charlie's headstone. She came here often, at least once a day, before or after work at Foley's, carefully timing her visits to avoid seeing his mother. Not that she didn't like Charlie's mother—Nell visited Sheridan often. They would sit quietly in the dark house, sometimes talking, sometimes not. Nell would look at the silent guitars and remember how when Charlie was young, his mother had filled their house with music. Nell craved those times with Charlie's mother, her companion in grief. But here at the grave, Nell knew Sheridan needed her own time with her son. "Don't you ...

Product details

• Authors: Luanne Rice
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.06.2009
• EAN: 9780553589764
• ISBN: 978-0-553-58976-4
• No. of pages: 446
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 175 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Hubbard's Point; Hubbard's Point
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature