Bøker av Cyndi Whitfield

Not all ghost towns are in the old west. At one time, Singapore, Michigan sat on the eastern edge of Lake Michigan, across the water from Chicago. Simone Fields lived there until 1873, when she and her husband were forced to leave the milling town.It is now 2023 and Simone cannot rest in peace. A grave injustice was done almost two centuries ago and she enlists the help of Annie Prescott to help her find answers. Annie is now living in Simone's Singapore-built home which was moved to Saugatuck, Michigan in 1873.Readers will enjoy Simone's life story in this engaging and charming tale of two women, living in different centuries, coming together to unravel a 180-year-old mystery.Some of the characters in this book really lived in Singapore during those years; others are fictional. When the settlement was inhabited, it was home to approximately 300 residents who lived through the worst blizzard imaginable. They saw a bank scandal and a sad and untimely end to their beloved community.Singapore was only on the map for 35 years but to the residents who lived there, it would always be home.

It's the year 1925 and Autumn Frayley is running from trouble in northern Michigan. Looking for a place to hide, she finds refuge on an old fishing boat and falls asleep. Upon awakening, the young woman finds herself on Little Bear Island where the old lighthouse keeper, Mampy, takes her in.Autumn eagerly learns about what it means to "keep the light" in a charming time when lighthouse keepers were needed to protect ships from peril on the Great Lakes.Learning about the island and its inhabitants is interesting and sometimes amusing, but it becomes evident that not everyone on Little Bear can be trusted. Autumn soon realizes that boat trip across Lake Michigan has now changed her life forever.

When her husband drowns while sailing on the Pacific, Eve is faced with raising their young son on her own. But as time passes, their lives change in ways they couldn't have imagined and Eve finds herself involved in the many unexpected twists and turns life can take. Through it all, Eve realizes she's stronger and more resilient than she'd thought and may even be open, once again, to love.