On Mystic Lake (1999) (edit title/settings)

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• Annie (Bourne) Colwater: Heroine, married to Blake for 20 years, mother to Natalie, nearing 40, motherless since age 7, aged 39
• Nick Delacroix: A policeman in Mystic, widowed when his wife, Kathy, killed herself; father to Izzy, son of a woman who'd killed herself;
• Blake Colwater: Husband to Annie, a lawyer, used to the best in life and being taken care of; handsome and serious, over 40
• Natalie: Seventeen-year-old daughter of Annie and Blake, traveling to London for the last 3 months of high school. Planning to leave for college after that.
• Izzy: Nick and Kathy's 6-year-old daughter, Isabelle, now motherless. Traumatized by her mother's death.
• Kathy: Nick's deceased wife, maiden name Johnson; mother to Izzy (Isabel), best friend to Annie when they were young; killed herself.
• Hank Bourne: Annie's widowed father, lived in Mystic
• Terri Spencer: Annie's best friend in California, flamboyant, an actress on daytime TV soap opera,
• Lurlene: Owned the fluff-n-Stuff beauty salon in Mystic; took care of Izzy when Nick had to work; loved the color pink; married to Buddy
• Joe Durmott: A patron at Zoe's
• Gina: A teenager in Mystic who'd had a run-in with the law, was seeing a druggie boyfriend.
• Chuck: A wife-beater who lived on Old Mill Road; his wife was Sally
• Suzannah James: The woman Blake left Annie for
• Adrian: Annie's second child, lived only four dats
• Zoe: Owner of the tavern where Nick spent much of his off-time
• Dr. North: Annie's obstetrician r in California, a female, who delivered her baby girl
• Doc Burton: Family doctor Annie'd seen, in Mystic, since she was young.
• Molly Block: Former high school teacher, now a clerk at Eve's Leaves dress store in Mystic
• Katie: The new baby girl Annie had.

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• Colwater home, Southern California: A 2-story home in the Colony, a guarded development where every house was similar. On the coastline with a view of the ocean.
• London: Natalie Colwater was going to live there for 3 months, until she returned home on June 15.
• Stanford University: The college Natalie had chosen to attend. She intended to study biochemistry there.
• Blake's office: In Century City, luxurious, expensive, stark and unrelieved with views of skyscrapers.
• The Beauregard House: Nick's home in Mystic, near the lake and not too far from the Quinault River. Formerly an old rundown house but now remodeled, painted yellow and comfortable. Nick had wanted this house since he was a teenager, bought it when married to Kathy and together, they'd made it what it was.
• Mystic, Washington: A small lakeside town occupied by farmers and fishermen, where Annie, Kathy and Nick had grown up. Very laid back, its Main Street occupied by small stores with quaint names. Washington state is a very rainy state.
• Zoe's Hot Spot Tavern: The saloon in Mystic where Nick spent much time, deploring what his life had become.
• The Lutheran Church: Where Nick's AA meetings were held in a long, narrow room in a windowless basement.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kristin Hannah (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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• Kristin Hannah: Author's website

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