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Rachel Ames, a Philadelphia teacher, accepts her first position at a remote mission on Bell Harbour Island. As she arrives on the island, she is welcomed by the handsome Nick Harrison, and she begins to imagine a future of joy. However, the island’s vibrant Caribbean beauty masks sinister mysteries. The Cloister, an old and weathered building where Rachel and a group of orphan children are to be housed, conceals malevolent forces that stalk her. With the threat of doom hanging over the island—symbolized by a storm‑tossed cliff—Rachel realizes she is the only one capable of protecting her charges from the lurking evil.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Sharon Wagner
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