Wild Orchids (Hardcover) Jude Deveraux

Have you ever lost someone who meant more to you then your own soul?

Ford Newcombe has. For years, he loved his wife, Pat, more than anyone--and anything in the world. She came ino his life when he wa just an inexperienced college student with big dreams of becoming a published author. With love and humor, she guided him the path that would eventually lead him to more success than he ever dreamed possible. Since Pat's death six years ago, Ford has lived a life of solitude, barely able to put pen to paper, and rumors are flying that is was Pat who actually created the books  the world so loved. If there's  one thing that Ford needs it's inspiration, and if finally comes in the guise of Jackie Maxwell--a smart, sassy university researcher with just enough attitude to match Ford's sharp intellect. But it's her intimate knowledge of the sory of a young woman's friendship with the devil--and what the townspeople did to her--that persuades Ford to hire Jackie as his assistant and to move Cole Creek, North Carolina, where the story is said to have taken place. They soon learn that even though the inhabitants of Cole Creek try to deny it, they are still plagued by the consequences of the otherworldly tale of passion and death. As Ford and Jackie work to unravel the truth, they discover a connection between their lives and the past, a connection that only helps them solve a long-ago crime but offers the promise of new love.

March 2024