Una joven y atractiva terapeuta, experimenta una terrible tragedia de la que intenta recuperarse en los bellos paisajes de la costa californiana. Pero no imagina que se vera mezclada en un siniestro y tenebroso drama familiar... ni que su corazón se encenderá con los ardores de la pasión.

not her best

tragedy 2 crippled figures + Kelsey P.T. to help them in Carmel CA. - good

A compassionate woman haunted by her past. A mysterious man who leads her to love. And the dangerous secret that is stronger than both of them.
Kelsey Stewart is not thinking of love or adventure when she visits her aunt at her peaceful seaside inn nestled in beautiful Carmel, California. But when she is urged to help in the recuperation of Jody Hammond, a young boy who fell from a sea cliff, she finds her troubled heart coming back to life. And soon she finds herself falling in love with Jody's father, the mysterious, handsome Tyler.

Kelsey Stewart is having enough trouble dealing with the tragedy in her own life when her aunt manipulates her into helping another family with a tragedy: the aftermath of an accident that's described in the first chapter.

An evil woman was definitely murdered and her murder hasn't been solved. Does it have anything to do with what makes La Case de la Sombra [the House of Shadow] live down to its name?

Kelsey's specialty is helping brain-damaged children. Young Jody Hammond needs her, but she has to fight his fatalistic father, Tyler Hammond, to get the chance. Quite a bit of the book is taken up with the boy's treatment. The reason for that is explained in an author's note at the end. Through it all we get to learn more about Jody's family, especially Ruth Langford Hammond's family. Ruth appears to have given up. Her mother, widowed Dora Langford, is fiercely protective of Ruth. Denis, Ruth's elder brother, is a kind and gentle man who loves his sister and nephew -- and is none too fond of Tyler. Dora, Ruth, and Denis suffered from the late, overbearing General Langford. If nothing can be done to heal the emotional scars the General left on his wife and children, he may also poison the life of the grandson he didn't live to see.

Kelsey's allies are Ginnie Soong, an old college friend of Ruth who is Jody's day nurse, Hana, the Hammond's maid, and Tyler's adoptive mother, the vibrant (and reluctantly psychic) Marisa Marsh.

The book passed so quickly that I was surprised to realize how little was left when the BIG, DARK SECRETS were about to come out. One was easy to guess. I missed the other one.

The descriptions of Carmel-By-The-Sea, California were lovely and added to my enjoyment of this book. ( )