A Stranger in the House

By: Gloria Murphy

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Synopsis: BEWARE THE STRANGER Don't talk to strangers. It was a rule Lauren Sandier had drilled into her daughter, Chelsea. But on a seductive spring day at the country fair, it was a rule Lauren herself found easy to break. And what began as an irresistible attraction to Jonathan Grant rapidly became a deep, meaningful bond. It was more than Jonathan's lean good looks-there was something heartrendingly sad in his dark eyes-probably the memory of his murdered first wife. And then there was Emily, Jonathan's young daughter, who had witnessed the crime and was so traumatized that even hospitalization could not quiet her terror. Now Emily has returned home, filled with unrepressed rage. Is she acting out the secret behind her mother's death...or is she showing a natural jealousy toward Lauren and Chelsea? Lauren wants to understand. And she will. If she lives. ...