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Flaming tree

Flaming tree

by Phyllis A. Whitney

Large type booksFictionSuspense fictionGothic novelsRomance fiction
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About this book

A compassionate woman haunted by her past. A mysterious man who leads her to love. And the dangerous secret that is stronger than both of them. Kelsey Stewart is not thinking of love or adventure when she visits her aunt at her peaceful seaside inn nestled in beautiful Carmel, California. But when she is urged to help in the recuperation of Jody Hammond, a young boy who fell from a sea cliff, she finds her troubled heart coming back to life. And soon she finds herself falling in love with Jody's father, the mysterious, handsome Tyler

Themes & subjects

Large type booksFictionSuspense fictionGothic novelsRomance fictionRomantic thrillers

Setting

Monterey (Calif.)

About the author

Phyllis A. Whitney
Phyllis A. Whitney

3 September 1903 – 8 February 2008

Phyllis Ayame Whitney was born in Yokohama, Japan, the daughter of American parents, and spent her early years in Asia. She began writing early in her teens. In 1918, upon the death of her father, she travelled with her mother to Berkeley, California, and then to San Antonio, Texas. A few years later her mother died, and she moved to Chicago to live with her aunt. After graduating from high school, she began to write seriously, and began to sell her stories to newspapers and pulp magazines while supporting herself by working for The Chicago Public Library and bookstores in Chicago. She married her first husband in 1934. During the 1940s she was a children's book editor for both the Chicago S…

Author

Phyllis A. Whitney

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

17

Languages

English, Spanish

Publisher

Doubleday

ISBN

9783625201274

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