The Secrets of Farand Isle — Patricia Robinson

When Tally Pierce accepted the position managing a wealthy household on a remote Georgia island, she never anticipated that her first day would include a wild ride in a beat-up old sedan. Or that an accident would leave her laying half-conscious on the rain-swept backroads of the islands, with a cloaked figure bearing down upon her through the dark forest.

All Tally wanted was a chance to reclaim her independence, lost when first her mother and then her father passed away, leaving her with nothing but debts as a reminder of the privileged life they once led. What she got was more than she bargained for; a run-down estate, a troubled teenaged girl, and an inexplicable attraction to York Farand, whose charm and kindness could not erase the fact that he was rumored to have done away with his beautiful wife in a fit of jealous rage. As Tally finds herself becoming more and more attached to the lovely island and its inhabitant, she realizes that the only way to help is to find out what really happened to the missing Marilee Farand. But would discovering the answers to the secrets of Farand Isle be worth the heartache it would surely bring?