The secret of everything : a novel
O'Neal, Barbara, 1959-2009
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Tessa Harlow is on the move again. She's lived all over the world since she was a child. When she decides it's once again time to move, she heads to a small northern New Mexico town called Los Ladrones. The small town is being revived, thanks to the tourists, and she's testing the waters for work; but in doing so, she uncovers secrets. In this spectacular new novel, Barbara O'Neal delivers a generous helping of the best in life-family, food, and love-in the story of a woman's search for the one thing worth more than anything.At thirty-seven, Tessa Harlow is still working her way down her list of goals to "fall in love and have a family." A self-described rolling stone, Tessa leads hiking tours for adventurous vacationers-it's a job that's taken her around the world but never a step closer to home. Then a freak injury during a trip already marred by tragedy forces her to begin her greatest adventure of all. Located high in the New Mexico mountains, Las Ladronas has become a magnet for the very wealthy and very hip, but once upon a time it was the setting of a childhood trauma Tessa can only half remember. Now, as she rediscovers both her old hometown and her past, Tessa is drawn to search-and-rescue worker Vince Grasso. The handsome widower isn't her type. No more inclined to settle down than Tessa, Vince is the father of three, including an eight-year-old girl as lost as Tessa herself. But Tessa and Vince are both drawn to the town's most beloved eatery-100 Breakfasts-and to each other. For Tessa, the restaurant is not only the key to the mystery that has haunted her life but a chance to find the home and the family she's never known.
Main title:
The secret of everything : a novel / Barbara O'Neal.
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Imprint:
New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, c2009.
Collation:
x, 385 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780553385526
Dewey class:
813.54
LC class:
PS3573.I485
Language:
English
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BRN:
3207674
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