Redheaded Nona Conrad has just come into the town of Home, Arkansas, to do some food shopping when she bumps into a well-dressed stranger who grips her arm with frightening aggressiveness and calls her by name. She brushes him off, but on her way home to the fishing camp where she has recently taken a job as manager, she sees the stranger again as his car passes her on the road.When she reaches the camp where her young sister and a family friend are waiting for her, she has new reason to be upset. Simon Wright, the owner ...
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Redheaded Nona Conrad has just come into the town of Home, Arkansas, to do some food shopping when she bumps into a well-dressed stranger who grips her arm with frightening aggressiveness and calls her by name. She brushes him off, but on her way home to the fishing camp where she has recently taken a job as manager, she sees the stranger again as his car passes her on the road.When she reaches the camp where her young sister and a family friend are waiting for her, she has new reason to be upset. Simon Wright, the owner of the camp, has arrived and, with charm and authority, begins to order her life. Although she is attracted to him, she does not trust him, especially when he tells her that her half-brother Harold has absconded with jewels and funds from the bank in her hometown. Why is Simon so interested in her and her affairs? Nona has cause for even greater worry when the man who confronted her in town tries to abduct her young sister. Are the men with whom her half-brother consorted now a danger she must face? And is Simon Wright really an ally or a charmer with his own agenda?...
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This book is a mere shadow of some of Dorothy Garlock?s other works. Simon Wright, the hero, is interesting but I didn?t have a clear understanding of his motivation ? other than the fact that he was very interested in Nona Conrad (the heroine).
The story is set in 1980, which is odd because the book has the feel of a much earlier era. Three females arrive at the isolated fishing camp in Arkansas: Older sister, Nona Conrad, 14 year-old sister Maggie and Mabel Rogers, a neighbor who had turned into the quasi-aunt to both of the Conrads.
Nona and Maggie have a ne?er-do-well half-brother (Harold) who sent a sealed package secretly to Nona (as the story begins). Unfortunately, the story falls apart there; Simon has been in love with Nona for years and realizes she?s in trouble (Harold has embezzled millions from a bank). The mob-types he stole the money for are looking for him and the loot; they decided to lean on the half-sisters.
As soon as Nona agrees to manage the camp, Simon buys the business and arrives to protect the 3 ladies. The mobsters send Frank and Webb to the fishing camp and the mayhem begins. The hippie family is probably the most interesting part of the story; unfortunately they are only a small part of the plot. Are you following all this?
Red-headed Nona spends the first ½ of the book in a rage; while Simon avoids answering her questions. At times, the story seems disjointed; some of the characters are poorly developed.
My suggestion -- and one I?m going to use ? look for some of Dorothy Garlock?s earlier books!
