Virginiaas Shenandoah Valley is a long way from Hollywood. And thatas exactly how Cilla McGowan wants it. Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmotheras farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. Sadly, no one was able to save her grandmother, the legendary Janet Hardy. An actress with a tumultuous life, Janet entertained glamorous guests and engaged in decadent affairsabut died of an overdose in this very house more than thirty years earlier. To this day, Janet haunts Cillaas dreams. And during waking hours, Cilla is haunted by her melodramatic, five-times-married mother, who carried on in the public spotlight and never gave her a chance at a normal childhood. By coming east, rolling up her sleeves, and rehabbing this wreck of a house, Cilla intends to find some kind of normalcy for herself.
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Nora Roberts, cuyo nombre real es Eleanor Marie Robertson, nació en Silver Spring, Maryland, Estados Unidos, el 10 de octubre de 1950. Se graduó en la Montgomery Blair High School y trabajó en un despacho de abogados antes de dedicarse a la escritura. Comenzó a publicar en 1981 y desde entonces ha desarrollado una extensa obra en los géneros de novela romántica y suspense, además de literatura fantástica y policiaca bajo el seudónimo J. D. Robb. Ha utilizado también los nombres Jill March y Sarah Hardesty en Reino Unido. Sus libros figuran regularmente en las listas de éxitos del New York Times y ha recibido múltiples premios RITA.
