No
one but her grandmother, Hailey Clements, knows that 28 year-old Emma is really
the sage of the world famous advice column, Hailey’s Comments, handing out
platitudes and one-liners. And that’s just the way Emma wants it. Hailey parades,
Emma quips, and they share the money. It’s the perfect arrangement until handsome
Ryan Everett discovers the truth. To avoid his constant teasing questions and
his you-can’t-fool-me remarks, Emma and Hailey run a dessert contest. They
reason that no one, not even Ryan, can kibitz a recipe contest. But the cake contest
falls flat. To avoid angry readers and
Ryan Everett, Emma and her ugly dog Wyeth flee to sparsely populated Lister
Island in the Puget Sound where Emma intends to spend the summer working on her
art.
But
it’s her heart, not her art that soon worries Emma. Her flight from one world
throws her into the intrigues of another. On Lister Island, Emma is introduced
to a pistol packing priest, a pair of greedy organic food farmers, and an Octogenarian
jail keeper. After a series of disturbing coincidences, Emma suspects that the
life of Helen Dunsmuir, Lister Island’s recently deceased grande dame, is tied
to her own. As she unravels the secrets of Helen’s life and untimely death, Emma
learns that life’s problems can rarely be fixed with a witty quip or platitude,
and that it’s better to love than to comment.
And
from some secrets, just like from some men, there’s no escape.
Hailey’s
Comments, a romantic suspense reminiscent of Mary Stewart, was a
quarter-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Contest.
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