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House Beside the River

By David Burnett

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A
coming-of-age novel with a strong heroine, a sweet love story, and the eternal
struggle between good and evil

 

Running from vile
rumors and merciless ridicule, thirteen-year-old Nicole Beaumont flees her home
in Parsons Valley, Georgia. She leaves Chris behind, the boy who had been her
best-friend-for-life, her soul mate, the one with whom she was supposed to
spend her life, and she takes refuge at a boarding school in rural
Pennsylvania.

 

In the farming
community in which she lived, almost any transgression could be tolerated,
excused, or overlooked. Any transgression, save one that smacked of sex, and,
according to rumor, that was exactly what she and Chris had done while lying on
the bank of Parsons Pond. It was a lie, the worst part at any rate, but Chris̶
refused to deny the rumor. Never again, Nicole vows, will she trust another
person as she had trusted Chris.

 

Such vows can be
difficult to keep, but Nicole perseveres.

 

When she meets
Richard, though, he seems different from the others. He accepts Nicole as she
is. He keeps her secrets. When others doubt her, he stands in her defense.
Nevertheless, even as they fall in love, the full story of what happened at
Parsons Pond remains off-limits to him, and her memories of Chris, which tempt
her, tugging her into the past, threaten to betray her,

 

Chris re-enters
her life in a most unexpected way, and Nicole finds herself emmeshed in a deadly game that pits Chris, the boy she once
loved, against Richard, the man who loves her, now
, a game from which only
one will emerge unscathed. Nicole faces an impossible decision. Which will
she choose? Who will live?

 



























House Beside the
River
is a romantic, true-to-life coming-of-age novel
featuring a violent culture, a strong woman, and a sweet ending

ASIN: B09QK6P3XX

ISBN: 9798784207562

Book Length: 320-650 Pages

David Burnett