"have you ever lost someone who meant more to you than your own soul? Ford Newcombe has. For years, he loved his wife, Pat, more than anyone - and anything - in the world. She came into his life when he was just an inexperienced college student with Big dreams of becoming a published author. With love and humor, she guided him down the path that would eventually lead him to more success than he ever dreamed possible. Since Pat's death 6 years ago, Ford has lived a life of solitude, barely able to put pen to paper, and rumors are flying that it was Pat who actually created the books that the world so loved. If there's one thing that Ford needs it's inspiration, and it finally comes in the guys of Jackie Maxwell - a smart, sassy University researcher with just enough attitude to match Ford's smart intellect. But it's her intimate knowledge of the story of a young woman's friendship with the devil - and what the townspeople did to her - that persuades Ford to hire Jackie as his assistant and to move to Coal Creek, North Carolina, where the story is said to have taken place. they soon learn that even though the inhabitants of Coal Creek try to deny it, they are still plagued by the consequences of the other worldly tale of passion and death. As Ford and Jackie work to unravel the truth, they discover a connection between their lives and the past, a connection that not only helps them solve a long ago crime but offers the promise of new love."

ISBN: 9780743437127