Secrets in the Moss - Rouse, Katherine B

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Résumé :
On the Mobile River Delta in Alabama, the lives of a widowed psychiatrist and her neighbor intersect with that of a mysterious and reclusive woman. Tilley McMillan lives in Mobile with her young son, Jake. Although she has a thriving psychiatry practice and a circle of close friends, she's reluctant to start dating again. Her beauty and compassion do not go unnoticed by her neighbor, James Riverton, a successful mortgage broker. He's attracted to her, but a painful breakup with his fianc?e makes him wary of risking rejection. Far from Tilley and James, Cleo Thibodeaux calls the swampy Mobile River Delta home. Raised there by her father after the death of her mother, she spends her days collecting ingredients for poultices that heal wounds or ward off insects. She is mourning a child lost...

Biographie:
Katherine B. Rouse is a native to the Alabama Gulf Coast. Katherine has a Master's degree in Behavioral Studies and Clinical Counseling, and has been employed for over eleven years with Alabama's largest community mental health center. She worked in social services for over twenty years and served as an adjunct sociology instructor at a local university in her hometown, Mobile, AL. Katherine enjoys using her knowledge of southern culture along the Gulf Coast, as well as her understanding of human behaviors to increase readability in her books....

Sommaire:
Cleo's father took her baby, the product of rape, away. Eventually, Tilley and James start dating, but their relationship is complicated by his fling with a mentally unstable divorcee named Charlotte Weldridge. When Tilley becomes Charlotte's therapist, she learns unsettling details about James and her patient that she must keep confidential. As Tilley and James discover the extent of Charlotte's instability, a twist of fate brings Cleo into their lives. Rouse (Highway 90, South) weaves together several storylines in her second novel while introducing a compelling cast of characters. Tilley, the likeable and compassionate heroine, has a solid romantic counterpart in James. Their relationship is sexy and poignant. Cleo manages to overcome a difficult upbringing to become a resourceful woman. Her story helps drive the action in the second half of the book. This is an ambitious narrative that takes many twists and turns (Kirkus)....