She hears music no one else does, receives strange missives with rose petals between the pages, and untangles far more than is safe for her to know. The longer she lingers in the deep shadows and forgotten towers at Hurstwell, the fuzzier the line between sanity and madness becomes. The woman's portrait is shockingly familiar to Vivienne, so when the asylum claims she was never a patient there, Vivienne is compelled to discover what happened to the figure she remembers from childhood dreams. The woman is supposedly a patient at Hurstwell Asylum. When concert pianist Vivienne Mourdant's father dies, he leaves to her the care of an adult ward she knew nothing about. The Lost Melody - A Novel Joanna Davidson Politano One could say she restores our faith in humanity.” -Fresh Fiction Show book “Brenda Minton has done her usual excellent job of showing us the quieter, more decent side of life. Because Christmas-and his future-would be much merrier with Marissa as his bride.

Alex can’t turn his back on the spunky city girl, and soon his priority becomes convincing her to stay.

With his ranch in jeopardy, Alex can’t afford any distractions right now-until he sees a bedraggled runaway bride on the side of the road. But when her limo breaks down, neighboring rancher Alex Palermo comes to her rescue. Fleeing to Bluebonnet Springs and the ailing grandfather she’s never known seems like the perfect solution. The Rancher's Christmas Bride Brenda MintonĪ cowboy is about to get a holiday gift he never knew he wanted: a city girl already wrapped up for a wedding-from the author of Second Chance Rancher.Īfter being jilted at the altar, all Marissa Walker wants for Christmas is to escape her life.

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