I Call Her Brave — Linda J. White

After Jessica Cooper meets Auntie Desi she knows she can't ignore the nightmare the woman has been living. Ten years ago, Desi's six-year-old son disappeared from a neighborhood street. Was he snatched by a stranger? Drowned in a stream? Lost in the woods? With her own six-month-old son in tow, and with the help of her search-and-rescue dog, Luke, Jess takes on the cold case. Why? Because Auntie Desi deserves an answer. Meanwhile, Jessica's stepdaughter, Amanda, finishes college early, breaks up with her boyfriend, and retreats to her happy place, the beach. But the beach she can afford is not the warm, Southern California beach of her childhood, but a Virginia beach--Chincoteague Island--in February! Amanda cannot escape the trauma haunting her. Can the embrace of small town, island life help Amanda overcome her past?