Mini-Synopsis:

The devastating Johnstown Flood washes away secrets of the past for Carolena Dunnigan, but who will survive to claim her love?

 

Reader Comment:

I am having trouble waiting for it ! I am NOT going to read it as quickly as I did GBL [The Goodbye Lie] ........ ( yea right ) I went through GBL so fast that now I have FOREVER to wait until I have something interesting to read again. I get really annoyed when a good book ends and I have nowhere to go from there.  :o)

 

Read portions of the novel

• About Secret Pebbles™

• "I wish you'd develop a splash of patience!"

  Ignoring her, Grey brushed past, instantly recognizing he'd interrupted something. His confirmation was her ruddy face and puffy lips. It was a blessed good thing he'd come along when he had. "Patience! I've been freezing outside, waiting for your highness like some lap dog. When you say five o'clock, I expect you to be downstairs waiting for me at five o'clock! I sure don’t have to ask what you’ve been up to. And where is this man who tempts you so much, you're willing to debase yourself at his mere beckoning?"

  Carolena looked to the velvet pillows now crushed on the floor. Wadded in the corner was the blue dress. There was little sense denying it. Then again, who was he to tell her what was proper? He'd bedded hundreds of women, she was sure, so he had no room to talk.

  Remaining calm, lest her feeling of guilt show, she told him, "Signor Alontti is attending to business. He sends his regards."

  "Yeah? I'll just bet he does. Come on. Let's get out of this lair before I find your lover and lay him out!"
  

 

 

Continue the Amelia Island's Velvet Undertow experience by visiting these pages

 

CRAFTS

• Applehead Dolls
• Autograph Book
• Nose Warmer
• Spool Dolls
• Sugar Starch
• Victorian Memory Box

FAMILY and FRIENDS

FANCY FABLES

GARDENING

Gone With The Wind

Grace-Light.com

GRACIOUS LIVING / VICTORIAN LIFE

• Handwritten Letters
• Parasols
• Rules for Attending the Theatre
• Secret Language of Flowers
• Victorian Ball

HOLIDAYS

JEWELRY

PRESS - Jane Marie in the news

RECIPES

• Brandied Benne Seed Cookies
• Chicken Pot Pie
• Cream Cheese Fruit Dressing
• Sweet Potato Candy
• Tipsy Pudding

REVIEWS

ROMANCE

SECRET PEBBLES™

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SHORT STORY

• Story - The Woolen Mill Tale

TRAVEL

• Amelia Island
• Amelia Island Lighthouse

WEDDINGS