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Fiction. Romance. HTML:Once a struggling community of Irish immigrants, Lake Erie's Whiskey Island has a past as colorful as the patrons who frequent the Whiskey Island Saloon. A local gathering place for generations, the saloon is now run by the Donaghue sisters, whose lives and hearts have been shaped by family tragedy and a haunting mystery.When an act of violence sets the wheels of fate in motion, Megan Donaghue, a woman unwilling to trust in love, and Niccolo Andreani, a man unwilling show more to trust in himself, are determined to learn the truth about one fateful night in the family's long-forgotten past.
As an old man struggles to protect a secret as old as Whiskey Island itself, a murder that still shadows too many lives is about to be solved—with repercussions no one can predict. show less
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I don't know why it took me so long to read this book. It wasn't a bad story and would be happy to read the sequel it just didn't grab me as much as the other Emlie Richard books I have read.
I really enjoyed this story. It was one of those that moved from past to present. There were a few spots where I felt we needed to move out of the past, but it all made sense at the end. It is a story about love, family, secrets and life. Highly recommend it!
Mystery that bounces back and forth between the Irish ancestors in the 1880's, and the sister's stories in 2000. Rooney abandoned the family and the Whiskey Island saloon. There had been "Rooney sightings" over the years, but nothing concrete. Ex-priest Niccolo is asked by the parish priest to read the journals of Father Sweeney - and turns out that one the parishioners was the sisters' ancestor - and may have been involved in the mystery of a tycoon's sudden disappearance. And what does Rooney know about it?
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Author Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1948 and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University and a master's degree in family development from Virginia Tech. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a therapist in a mental health center, a show more parent services coordinator for families enrolled in Head Start, and for several pastoral counseling centers. Her first book, Brendan's Song, was published in 1985. Since then she has written over fifty books. She writes the Shenandoah Album series and the Ministry is Murder series. She has received numerous awards including the 1994 Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Dragonslayer and the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine. She currently lives with her husband in Northern Virginia. Her latest novel is entitled Fortunate Harbor, the second book in her Happiness Key series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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