The sea was calm, a blue-green so clear, it revealed the shadows of plants and darting marine life in its shallow waters. It was a remarkably ordinary day in the Florida Keys. He had sailed off earlier from the dock, smiling and waving lazily at our only son, Timothy, who was pouting at being left behind-that last wave a gesture forever etched in the chambers of my mind.

I had just completed the children’s school lessons when it occurred to me that Martin was late coming home. It was fully three years after we first arrived on Wreckers’ Cay-almost to the day-that my husband vanished one May afternoon. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. When Emily's family is ripped apart once again, she faces untold hardships that test her love and determination and show how the passionate love of a defiant, determined woman can overcome any obstacle. And, far from the outside world and society's rules, his place in Emily's life is as steadfast now as the light, and will forever change their futures. But Andrew proves himself an enormous help and soon wins the hearts of the Lowry family.

At first, Emily is intensely wary of this strange, charming man, whose very presence there is highly illegal. Unexpected help arrives when a runaway slave named Andrew washes up on their beach. As days stretch into months, Emily has no choice but take charge of Wrecker's Cay and her husband's duties tending the light to support her three children, and a fourth on the way. One afternoon in 1839, Emily Lowry's husband vanishes from Wreckers' Cay, an isolated island off the coast of Key West where he tends to the lighthouse.

The Woman at the Light by Joanna Brady