Beauty for Ashes

Rich. Beautiful. Engaged. Nothing marred Gloria Sutherland. . .until the night her fiancé was shot and killed in a speakeasy while dancing with another girl. To avoid the swirling gossip, Gloria travels to her father’s childhood home in Maine, seeking peace but doubting she’ll ever find it again. Then she meets Murray MacRae, a neighbor and promising young businessman. Murray’s faith begins to revive Gloria’s hope. . .if only her past remains hidden. Surely no beauty could rise from those ashes.

 

“. . .there stood Gloria in her lovely orchid dress with her gold hair aflame and her eyes wide pools of dark blue horror in a white, white face.”
 
The news dealt a startling blow. Days before her wedding, Gloria Sutherland’s fiancé was shot and killed in a nightclub while dancing with another woman. To avoid the swirling gossip, Gloria travels to her father’s childhood home in Maine, seeking peace but doubting she’ll ever find it again.
 
Then she meets Murray MacRae, a neighbor and promising young businessman. Gloria’s summer is soon filled with backyard tennis matches and twilight suppers. . .and a faint idea that maybe some men are worthy of trust. Murray’s faith begins to revive Gloria’s hope. If only her past would remain hidden.
 
Surely no beauty could rise from the ashes of her life. . . .