The Waterfall - Softcover

Yaeger, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403362483 ISBN 13: 9781403362483

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

The setting is a lush idyllic island in the Caribbean Sea. Tyler Scranton, an attractive American who has spent half a lifetime dodging painful memories, eagerly accepts a new job at the hotel Belle Jours only to discover that 'neath the tropical sun, a viper's nest of turmoil is waiting to uncoil. Scranton soon becomes enmeshed in the colorful lives and passions of the hotel staff, its guests and its owner, a mysterious woman with a tarnished past.On a solitary excursion across the island, he discovers Watu Kai, the Waterfall, and falls under the spell of its tragic history. Eventually, the Waterfall becomes the site of the most dramatic and heart-wrenching moments of Tyler's life.Lust and Revenge . . . Malice and Love . . . primal emotions eloquently illuminated in this captivating work of fiction.

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About the Author

The author lived for 'ten gloriously happy years' on the island of Barbados in the West Indies, returning to the United States in the mid-90s. It was the her love and appreciation of her former island home that spurred her to write THE WATERFALL. 'I wanted,' she says, 'the freedom which fiction gives you to paint with words a broader, more colourful canvas, to be able to 'borrow' the sights and sounds from several Caribbean islands and blend them into one site.Numerous articles and interviews focusing on the West Indies have appeared under her byline. CONSTANTINE, her recently published children's book, is also set on an island.She now resides in the Durham, North Carolina, but returns to the Caribbean often.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403362483
• ISBN 13: 9781403362483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 644