The Uncertain Season
English
By (author): Ann Howard Creel
The Hurricane of 1900 devastated Galveston Island, but a storm of betrayal is still brewing.
Nineteen-year-old Graces golden age is just beginning. She and her mother live a privileged life. Beautiful and talented, Grace is looking forward to a pleasant summer celebrating her engagement to a wealthy young gentleman.
But when her lovely, charming, and disgraced cousin Etta arrives, Grace finds her place in societyand in her mothers heartthreatened. Etta enchants everyone as she maneuvers to secure a station in Galvestons upper echelons. Grace, in a reckless moment, reveals Ettas scandalous past, and as punishment, shes sent to work in Galvestons back alleys, helping the poor. There, a silent waif known only as Miss Girl opens Graces eyes to new love and purpose. Shes determined to save this girl who lost her entire family in the hurricane and now slips along the shadows of the unfinished seawall with a mysterious resolve.
Soon, the lives of the three young women will converge as betrayal, mistaken identity, and a family secret sweep them toward a future that defies all expectations.
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