Emerald Heart
Grace Greene

Her friend Dominick, a real estate agent, wants her to sell the hotel property. Old hotel aside, the acreage alone in the town of Emerald Isle and fronting on Bogue Sound, is valuable and will bring many offers, but that’s also part of the problem. Mignon loves the Emerald Heart property and feels responsible for it and to protect her husband’s memory. What might new owners do with the property? What might they destroy?
On an unusual day in early September, a man shows up unexpectedly on her dock. He’s charming. And he’s interested in the Emerald Heart property. On that same day, her long-estranged sister-in-law, Jeanette, returns, and Mignon’s troubles magnify as Jeannette’s arrival stirs up old anger and creates a volatile, emotional mix. Disquieting things begin to happen around the property, worrying Mignon. She knows she must make a decision, but she doesn’t know how to break with the past and move forward.
Dominick, the stranger, Jeanette—who stands to gain if Mignon decides to sell? Who can she trust?
And the past . . . its hold on her is so strong that she’s not even sure she can trust herself.