The Lighthouse Keeper
Cynthia Ellingsen
Paperback
(Lake Union Publishing, April 4, 2017)
An Amazon Charts bestseller.Dawn Connersâs parents are famous for finding historic treasures, but she has a knack for losing thingsâher job, her boyfriend, and now, her reputation. Thanks to a mud-slinging exposĂ©, Dawnâs late great-grandfather is assumed guilty of stealing silver from a century-old shipwreck. Hoping to clear his name, Dawn returns to Starlight Cove, her idyllic hometown on Lake Michigan, where the doomed vessel sleeps beneath the beam of a ramshackle lighthouse.Her plan: remodel and sell the lighthouse while untangling the perplexing family mystery. Neither task is easy, especially once her well-meaning parents and the quirky localsâincluding nautical researcher and Starlight Coveâs most eligible bachelor, Kip Whittakerâget involved. Despite their attraction, Dawn is reluctant to trust Kip, or any of the close-knit townsfolk. But as she pieces together the truth, Dawnâs once-shuttered heart opens up. And if sheâs willing, the lighthouse might guide her to a place she never expected to find, where the past entwines with a bright new beginning.