The lake house
(Book)

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"Victoria Rose: Fifty years before, a group of teenage friends promised each other never to leave their idyllic lakeside town. But the call of Hollywood and a bigger life was too strong for Victoria ... and she alone broke that pledge. Now she has come home, intent on making peace with her demons, even if her former friends shut her out. Haunted by tragedy, she longs to find solace with her childhood sweetheart, but even this tender man may be unable to forgive and forget. Heather Bregman: At twenty-eight, after years as a globe-trotting columnist, she's abandoned her controlling fiance and their glamorous city life to build one on her own terms. Lulled by a Victorian house and a gorgeous locale, she's determined to make the little community her home. But the residents, fearful of change and outsiders, will stop at nothing to sabotage her dreams of lakeside tranquility. As Victoria and and Heather become unlikely friends, their mutual struggle to find acceptance-with their neighbors and in their own hearts-explores the chance events that shape a community and offer the opportunity to start again" -- Cover verso.