Brandy lifted his hand to her lips. “Not hate. Eva Stone was here because of something much stronger. Don’t you know who she’s been waiting for?” Surely, Brandy thought, she had seen a mother with her child at last.
She reached up and smoothed away the frown gathering on his forehead. “Not long ago who would’ve believed in neutrinos and quarks? But think what you like. We’re certainly alone now.”
“No more ghost talk,” he said, drawing her close. “I’ve got something more substantial in mind.”
As he slipped his arm around her waist and they turned toward the stairs, Brandy cast a last long look at the night sky. Undefiled by lights from the town, it rose above the tall house——black, serene, and splendid with stars.
Afterword
Tavares and Mount Dora are charming small towns that cluster near the Harris Chain of five large lakes in Central Florida. The Dora Canal, although usually packed these days with sightseeing boaters, is one of the most beautiful short stretches of natural river in the state.
The lyrics of the Irish ballads in the book are actually from poems in Prose and Verse Anthology of Modern Irish Writing, edited by Grattan Freyer, Irish Humanities Center, Dublin, published in 1979.
“It was a moment when I sensed
A miss in the beat of time…”
“On a frosty night and a bashful star
Stood above a hill
Frozen in the sky …”
from “That Moment” by S.E. O’Cearbhail, p. 3, 4
“O you are not lying in the wet clay, For it is a harvest evening now and we Are piling up the ricks against the moonlight And you smile up at us——eternally.
from “In Memory of My Mother” by Patrick Kavanagh, p.98
About the Author
Ann Turner Cook began life as the model for the Gerber Products trademark, and her works emphasize the bond between mother and child. A member of Mystery Writers of America, the retired English teacher and her husband research her novels among the rivers, lakes, and small towns of Central Florida. The couple lives in Tampa.
Table of Contents
Trace Their Shadows
All Rights Reserved © 2001
Contents
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
TWENTY–ONE
TWENTY–TWO
TWENTY–THREE
TWENTY–FOUR
TWENTY–FIVE
TWENTY–SIX
Afterword
About the Author