Far from the outside world and society's rules, his place in Emily's life, as steadfast now as the light, will forever change their futures. But Andrew proves himself an enormous help and soon wins the hearts of the Lowry family. At first, Emily is intensely wary of this strange, charming man, whose very presence there is highly illegal. Unexpected help arrives when a runaway slave named Andrew washes up on their beach. As days stretch into months, Emily has no choice but to take charge of Wreckers' Cay and her husband's duties tending the light to support her three children-and a fourth on the way. One afternoon in 1839, Emily Lowry's husband vanishes from Wreckers' Cay, an isolated island off the coast of Key West where he tends the lighthouse. In the tradition of Leila Meacham and Dorothea Benton Frank comes a stunning debut novel about a well-born Southern woman who finds courage and strength to overcome tragedy with an unexpected new love.
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