Lilac Island

Three strangers ride the same ferry to Mackinac Island having no idea that their lives will intertwine in the most unexpected of ways.

Lonely Leah is adjusting to widowhood, with conflicting emotions of guilt and a wonderfully bohemian sense of freedom. The island is her respite, her heaven on earth.

Curmudgeony Lester is escaping from the world. One bad marriage was enough to make him shun the notion of ever falling in love again. Nope. He's going to be a solitary man for the rest of his days. Or so he thinks....

City gal Cassie has been sent, against her will, to the island to write an article for her magazine. What is this place out in the boonies? Who are these people who eat so much fudge? And where are the cars?

Fate - or is it the magic of the island? - digs up poignant lost loves and shocking family secrets that draw these strangers together. It seems that hope for happiness can strike out of the blue, all on a little island bursting with lilacs.

This is a "Shades of Hope" novella, one of a collection of stories. Each independent novella focuses on a different era and location, but all bring you characters that evoke a promise of hope.