- A
- woman
- heads
- to
- Palm
- Springs
- to
- stay
- with
- her
- great-aunt,
- a
- Hollywood
- star
- with
- a
- mysterious
- past,
- in
- this
- romantic
- suspense
- novel
- by
- an
- Edgar
- Award
- winner.Ever
- since
- New
- York
- journalist
- Carol
- Hamilton
- was
- a
- young
- girl,
- her
- great-aunt
- Monica
- Arlen
- has
- been
- for
- her
- the
- stuff
- of
- glittering,
- starry-eyed
- fantasy.
- Now,
- the
- reclusive
- movie
- star
- offers
- Carol
- an
- escape
- of
- another
- kind.
- In
- flight
- with
- her
- son
- from
- an
- abusive
- marriage,
- she’s
- come
- to
- Monica’s
- isolated,
- fortress-like
- home
- on
- Mt.
- San
- Jacinto
- in
- Palm
- Springs—and
- not
- only
- for
- sanctuary.
- Carol
- hopes
- to
- do
- research
- for
- her
- biography
- of
- a
- once-celebrated
- life
- that
- has
- receded
- into
- the
- dark
- shadows
- of
- Hollywood
- history.Surrounded
- by
- an
- entourage
- of
- secretaries,
- companions,
- and
- servants,
- Monica
- is
- willing
- to
- give
- Carol
- and
- her
- boy
- refuge,
- and
- to
- Carol’s
- surprise,
- she’s
- receptive
- to
- telling
- her
- story.
- On
- one
- condition:
- Carol
- must
- tell
- the
- truth
- about
- everything,
- including
- Saxon
- Scott,
- Monica’s
- most
- dashing
- and
- enigmatic
- leading
- man.
- Meanwhile,
- Carol
- is
- tempted
- by
- the
- prospect
- of
- a
- new
- man
- who
- could
- heal
- her
- wounded
- heart—or
- shatter
- it.
- But
- as
- she
- digs
- deeper
- into
- lore
- and
- legend,
- she
- discovers
- that
- her
- great-aunt’s
- secrets
- run
- as
- deep
- and
- dangerous
- as
- her
- past.
- Soon
- Carol
- will
- find
- herself
- entangled
- in
- a
- real-life
- mystery,
- and
- the
- final
- scene
- could
- very
- well
- call
- for
- murder.From
- the
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- “queen
- of
- the
- American
- gothics,”
- Emerald
- is
- a
- novel
- of
- glamour,
- intrigue,
- and
- romantic
- suspense
- (The
- New
- York
- Times).This
- ebook
- features
- an
- illustrated
- biography
- of
- Phyllis
- A.
- Whitney
- including
- rare
- images
- from
- the
- author’s estate.
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