Where the Creek Bends - Linda Lael Miller

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller comes a brand-new story about the ties that bind a family, the power of friendship and the love that can sustain us. Madison Bettencourt has always wanted to be part of a bustling family. When she was growing up, it was just her and Coralee, the grandmother who cared for her. And now that Coralee needs her, there's nowhere else Madison would rather be. But as Madison rattles around the massive family home, she remembers living there as a child and meeting a girl named Bliss. Irreverent with eyes that had seen too much at her tender age, Bliss was Madison's first friend. They'd lost touch when Bliss suddenly stopped coming around, and Madison is determined to find her. For the more time she spends at her grandmother's home, the more alive the past feels. How can Madison embrace her future if she can't unravel the past? Liam McKettrick could be her future. A single dad trying to repair his relationship with his two kids, he has his hands full. But the more time they spend together, the more Madison imagines the family she's always dreamed of with Liam and his kids. She was only supposed to be in town for a short while, but she can't deny the lure of the place where the creek bends. \nFrom acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Mael Miller comes a beautifully rendered timeslip novel about the family we create for ourselves... Madison Bettencourt has tried to assemble all the pieces of a perfect life, but nothing fits quite the way it should. She's moved back home to Montana to care for her grandmother, who is slipping further and further away. And she's called off her wedding, and worries her dreams of a family are fading with it. As Madison rattles around her family home, childhood memories come flooding back. Bliss Morgan transformed eight-year-old Madison with her loyalty, and for a while, the two girls were as close as can be. But Madison never understood why Bliss suddenly vanished, leaving only a friendship bracelet and a message etched into a matchbook. Before she can begin again, Madison must uncover what happened to Bliss, and Liam McKettrick--a widowed dad trying to repair his relationship with his two children--becomes her unlikely ally. He, too, understands the pang of regret. Yet there are mysteries that Madison hesitates to explore with anyone, and strange energies in Bettencourt Hall that blur the lines between past and present. Poignant and utterly captivating, Where th