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COULD HE HEAL HER BROKEN HEART?

What was she doing here? Hyattown had changed very little in the years Vanessa Sexton had been away. In some ways her high school sweetheart, Brady Tucker, hadn't changed much either - he was still lean, athletic, rugged...But the once reckless boy had... read more

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She wanted answers from her estranged mother and went home to find them. But Vanessa Sexton also found Brady Tucker, the man who'd once broken her heart . . . And still left her breathless.

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  • Vanessa Sexton: Pianist, twenty-eight years old. Whisked away from Hyattown aged sixteen by her ambitious father to play over the world. Brady Tucker broke her heart when he didn't turn up to escort her to prom
  • Brady Tucker: Now a doctor, Brady has pined after Vanessa since she left
  • Dr Abraham Tucker: Brady's father and doctor of Hyattown. Devasted by his wife, Emily's death several years ago. Very nice guy.
  • Loretta Sexton: Vanessa's mother. Owns an antiques shop called Loretta's Attic
  • Joanie Knight: Brady's sister and Vanessa's best friend. Now married and living on a farm with her husband, Jack, and daughter, Lara. Devoted mother, wife, and daughter to her father, the Doctor.
  • Jack Knight: Joanie's husband
  • Lara Knight: Joanie and Jack's daughter
  • Violet Driscoll: Resident of Hyattown who likes to meddle with everyone's lives. Former teacher
  • Annie Crampton: Violet's grandniece. Vanessa's first student in Hyattown
  • Nancy Snooks: Resident of Hyattown
  • Scott Snooks: Nancy's son. Vanessa's second piano student.
  • Frank Margoni: Vanessa's father's former assistant. Vanessa's new manager
  • Princess Gabriella of Cordina: Longtime friend of Vanessa's and princess of Cordina
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  • “"You kept it.""Always, why don't you try it again?""Will you marry be Van?""Yes. Oh yes."He sliped the ring on her finger. It still fit.”
    Vanessa and Brady
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Hyattown, Maryland: Described as a sleepy town tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, surrounded by rolling farmland and thick woods. Apple orchards and dairy cows encroached as close as the town limits, and there were no stoplights, office buildings, or hum of traffic.

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What am I doing here?

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1 - 12
Copyright

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  1. Nora Roberts (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Silhouette Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0373074336
Page Count: 252

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