Dragonfly Summer: A Smith Mountain Lake Novel

Just when you think youll never find the real thing. . . When she realizes shes to blame for her nineteen-year-old daughters disappearance Keegan Monroe leaves behind a successful career in L.A. for a quieter life on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. Raised in the foster care system Keegan had been determined that her children would live a different life. And so while she fully met their physical needs the best schools and a luxurious lifestyle she hadnt been a daily presence in their lives the way she now knows she should have been. She doesnt intend to waste her sons last year of high school in the same way and determines that things will be different between them in spite of his obvious resentment of the move to Virginia. Bowie Dare an ex-FBI agent turned thriller writer loves the life hes made for himself and his dog Carson on Smith Mountain Lake. Years of seeing the evil underbelly of society led him to a point where he had to choose a different existence. Hed lost his wife in the process -- she liked the old Bowie -- the one who had been able to compartmentalize the bad stuff he saw and go on with life per normal. When Keegan stops at Bowies house to ask directions the night she arrives at the lake theyre both at a point of questioning their earlier choices and whether those choices had been worth the price. But in this chance encounter they begin to realize that the puzzle pieces of life dont always make sense until were a little further down the road. And you just never know when the real thing might come along. *** ★★★★★Love everything Inglath writes. Keegan Monroe moves to Smith Mountain Lake Virginia from Hollywood to try to save her son from going down a bad path her daughter took they havent heard from her in a year. Bowie Dare left the FBI for the quiet life at the lake where he can write his suspense novels. Keegan and Bowie have a chance meeting when she stops for directions driving into town. Starting over hope and fate make for a fantastic story. ★★★★★Butterflies. Another romantic yet thrilling novel that set my belly into a wave of butterflies and feely goods. The simplistic life has never looked more appealing and I feel blessed to be able to relate with it. Nothing better than a connection between a good book and your reality. ★★★★★Loved it! I loved this book! Good plot. Loved the quotes in between the short chapters. The type of book you cant put down. Just what I needed for relaxing on a summer afternoon/ evening and sitting outside and reading. Buying another one of many by Inglath Cooper now.