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Kate Granger is regrouping as she’s going through a divorce, nursing her wounded heart, at her parents’ home on the shores of Lake Superior. Her father discovers a woman’s body washed up on the sand, and while that would be disturbing enough for anyone, it’s made worse by the presence of a baby’s body lying in the woman’s arms. What sets Kate on a strange path is that she recognizes the woman — from vivid dreams she’s been having that seem very real.
Addie Cassatt was born a hundred years earlier, in a little town on the same lake. Her story of growing up, falling in love and getting married to a boy who helped her the night she was born alternates in the novel with the story of Kate in the present.
Kate goes to a nearby town to stay with her cousin, who inherited their grandparents’ big house and is running it as a bed and breakfast. She loves the town of Wharton, its quaint shops and restaurants, its warm winds and lakeside feel, and she loves Simon, who is always ready to listen and take care of her — and she definitely needs that support now.
But her dreams continue and strange things are happening in the house. A tragedy from the past is begging for its mysteries to be unraveled and brought to light. And Kate will be surprised at just how personal it is to her.
Daughters of the Lake is a gothic tale of secrets from the past quite literally bubbling to the surface (of a lake — which almost has a personality, a distinct presence, of its own in the book). It has elements of romance and familial love. It has a touch of ghost story, too. I enjoyed them all. I didn’t absolutely love it, but it was satisfying enough.
Rated: Mild. There are occasional uses of mild and moderate language; sexual content is limited to references to infidelity and husband and wife lying tangled up together in bed; violence is fairly brief and not very detailed.
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