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Phyllis A. Whitney weaves a chilling family saga set in North Carolina’s mountains. In 1938, the celebrated Hollywood couple Victoria Frazer and Roger Brandt’s doomed romance ends with tragedy, a secret child, and a ruined career. Decades later, Lauren Castle, a filmmaker whose husband dies suddenly, discovers she is the product of that fateful affair. As she investigates her family’s past, she unearths a dark inheritance that threatens to repeat itself across generations.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Phyllis A. Whitney
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