Gentlehands

About this book

Buddy Boyle lives year-round with his family in unfashionable Seaville, New York, in a cramped little house on the bay. Skye Pennington spends the summers nearby on lavish estate complete with ocean view and a butler named Peacock.But Skye and Buddy fall in love anyway. And every once in a while they visit Buddy's estranged grandfather, who makes them forget they're from opposite sides of town. Then a reporter appears, searching for a man known as Gentlehands, a man with a horrifying past. Who is Gentlehands? And what is his connection to Buddy's handsome, aristocratic grandfather? The mystery threatens to shatter Buddy and Skye's relationship, and change their lives forever.

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About the author

Marijane Meaker

27 May 1927 – 21 Nov 2022

American writer who, along with Tereska Torres, was credited with launching the lesbian pulp fiction genre, the only accessible novels on that theme in the 1950s. Pen names and subjects: - M.E. Kerr - young-adult fiction - Vin Packer - mystery and crime novels, including Spring Fire. - Ann Aldrich - nonfiction books about lesbians - Mary James - books for younger children.