Summers with Miss Elizabeth

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For dock lovers and daydreamers</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One wealthy family.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One beautiful cottage.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Many summers of secrets.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>More than a decade after tragedy strikes Colin Montgomery returns to the Wynward's Muskoka cottage to spend one last summer with the marvelous Miss Elizabeth. As a child he was <em>saved</em> by the Wynward family. Ultimately it's Colin who saves the Wynwards.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Shy orphaned Colin Montgomery appears to finally have it all: an ivy-league education a century-old lakeside cottage in Muskoka and a benefactor in the marvelous Miss Elizabeth Wynward the shrewd champagne-swilling mistress of Pittsburgh's Wynward Steel. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Colin spends idyllic summers of the 1970s alongside the spirited yet troubled Wynward grandchildren. They swim they sail they fall in love they ride in glossy wooden launches. But when tragedy strikes the Wynwards are ripped away from the lake away from each other. Fifteen years later with the grand lady's health failing it's up to Colin to bring them together. With help from old family photographs he must take on the charming force that is Miss Elizabeth to unravel family secrets and uncover what really happened.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>By welcoming him into the family as a child the Wynwards rescued Colin. Ultimately it's Colin who rescues the Wynwards.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>loriknowles.com</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>PRAISE FOR SUMMERS WITH MISS ELIZABETH!</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For dock lovers and daydreamers.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Wendie Donabie Muskoka Author & Artist</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This novel is a must-read powerful tour de force. Knowles skillfully explores the strength and fragility of the human condition effortlessly weaving themes of love & loss family class and the destructive power of secrets. The writing is rich and lush taking you on a compelling whirlwind journey of discovery that will leave you breathless.</span></p><p><em></em><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Cindy Watson award-winning and best-selling author of The Art of Feminine Negotiation and Out of Darkness</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With unforgettable characters </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Summers With Miss Elizabeth</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an emotionally charged saga in which to lose yourself.</span></p><p><em></em><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Beverley Brewer author of Dance Into The Light: a memoir</em></p><p><br></p>