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Set in the affluent South, the story follows the wealthier Langley family—who pride themselves on their financial supremacy over Morgan Stanley—and the Barretts, whose fortune came from modest corner stores. When JD Langley and Elizabeth "Betts" Barrett fall in love, their families disapprove sharply, ultimately culminating in Betts’s mother’s fatal car accident on the night of their engagement, which ends the lovers’ promise. Twenty years later, Betts returns to Bulls Island to confront local developers and confront old family wounds, while JD, long estranged, discovers her hidden past. Their reunion rekindles romance and threatens to unravel deeper, more powerful revelations.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Dorothea Benton Frank
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