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From Publishers Weekly Set in a fictional seaside village， this insipid romantic suspense novel weaves together the disparate lives and times of Zoe Barlow and Rosalina Santos. Zoe is a mother of two whose existence is turned upside-down when she discovers the skeletal remains of four babies in the attic of her house. Rosalina， whose story takes place 50 years earlier， shocks her Portuguese community by leaving her devoted husband for an artist with the appropriately soap-opera-ish name of Fenris Boak. When Zoe's infant son disappears， the tales interlock to reveal secrets about the two women and the town of Grace Point. LeClaire ( Land's End ) peppers her prose with references to phantoms and ghosts in apparent hopes of sending shivers up the spine. Unfortunately， her characters are as insubstantial as the netherworld she invokes. Despite the mounting number of dead bodies and Rosalina's affair， few moments of passion and few thrills are offered here. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Library Journal The Barlows move to the quiet New England seaside town of Grace Point to escape the emotional scars of husband Jake's escapade with a teenager in New Haven， but their newly calm life is disrupted when Zoe and daughter Emily discover four infant skeletons neatly wrapped in hat boxes and stored in their attic. Then the Barlows' infant son Adam is kidnapped. Is there a connection? What happened 50 years ago， when Rosalie Santos's father lived in their house? As the murder/kidnap investigation intensifies， suspicions focus on the Grace Point Portuguese fishing community of 1940. Although LeClaire ( Every Mother's Son ， Bantam， 1985) poses some easily answered questions， she also tells a good story， and a passionate romance between two characters generates enough interest to keep readers hooked until the final twists. An entertaining romantic suspense novel， recommended for summer reading.- Heather Blenkinsopp， Mercy Coll. Lib.， Dobbs Ferry， N.Y.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews