The Compass and the Rose

WWII sailor Winston Cunningham meets seventeen year-old Irene Walker. An unlikely combination with little in common their relationship gets off to a rocky beginning. Wink becomes intrigued with an old house in Cleveland along the shore of Lake Erie and when Irene sees it there is no turning back. The Cunninghams sense that there's an air of mystery about the house; more to its story than they had been told. Wink becomes so obsessed with the house that he fails to see the storm brewing on his own personal horizon. With help from some oddball neighbors and a lesson from a determined young boy who believes in the unbelievable Wink and Irene succeed in navigating their troubled waters. As it all unfolds they discover that many of the questions left by the former owner of the house have been answered. This is the second novel in the Edgewater series from Nancy Elvira.