Breakwater Bay: A Novel by Shelley Noble

Breakwater Bay: A Novel by Shelley Noble

An abandoned baby, a glorious old Newport mansion, and awakening romance combine in Breakwater Bay, an engaging story that echoes the flair, humor, and emotional depth of Kristin Hannah's popular novels.

Preservationist Meri Hollis loves her latest project, restoring one of Newport's forgotten Gilded Age mansions. And with summer approaching, she'll be able to spend more time with her Gran on the Rhode Island shore. She has a great job, a loving family and she's pretty sure her boyfriend is going to propose on her thirtieth birthday.

But everything Meri believes about family, happiness, truth, and love is shattered when her family's darkest secret is exposed.

Thirty years before, Meri's neighbor and friend, Alden Corrigan, took his father's dinghy out to fish. In a sudden storm, he rushed to help a woman stranded on the breakwater. She was just a girl . . . a very pregnant girl who disappeared soon after they reached safety--but not before she left behind a very special gift.

Now that the truth it out, life will change for everyone in Breakwater Bay, and Meri and Alden will have to make decisions that could insure their future together . . . or separate them for good.

Shelley Noble is the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Colors, Stargazey Point, and Christmas at Crescent Cove, among other books. She is the author of the Celebration Bay Mystery series, as well as two other mystery series and the impending Gilded Era Newport Mystery series, as Shelley Freydont. Her mysteries have been published in eleven different languages. She worked on the films Mona Lisa Smile and The Game Plan as a former professional dancer and choreographer. Shelley lives on the New Jersey shore, where she enjoys exploring new beaches and visiting lighthouses and vintage carousels.