"A great story of family secrets, passion & spirituality, both uplifting & poignant" - Woman & Home

Fourty-Two and married for half her life, Jessie Sullivan honestly believes that she is happy. She has a lovely home, a dependable husband and adored teenage daughter. But when shocking news about her mother compels Jessie to visit the remote island of her childhood, Jessie finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a Benedictine monk on the verge of taking his fianl vows.

Amid the seductive beauty of South Carolina salt marshes and tidal creeks, their encounters awaken an immense sexual and spiritual desire in Jessie, leaving her torn between powerful new longings and her enduring marriage. After all these years she is finally beginning to understand who she really is and where she belongs. But she still has to discover how much of her old life has a place in the new one.

Received as a RABCK to mark a BCing anniversary and my birthday which coincided. Thanks so to RowanneM. They will be added to my TBR pile and I look forward to enjoying them. :-)

Given the book by my daughter who lives in Leeds.I really enjoyed it and will be placing someplae for another to pick it up.

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Given the book by my daughter Dragontooth who lives in Leeds.Enjoyed the story and will now place it somewhere to by pick up and enjoyed by someone else.