The Promise Keeper (Sea Heroes of Duxbury)
by Lisa Norato
Winner of 2015's International Digital Awards for an Inspirational Novel!
"Norato brings her characters to life." - RT Book Reviews
Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1825
Danger Reunites a Sea Captain's Daughter with Her Childhood ProtectorThe new keeper has manned Pilgrim Light for a year now, and though her father recruited him for the post, Iris Moon has never seen the fellow nor will anyone discuss him. Rumors circulate he was once a pirate and had been imprisoned. Lured by the secrecy, Iris rows out to the light to meet the solitary keeper. He's a curmudgeon who remains as mysterious as ever, until confusing dreams haunt her, causing Iris to suspect they share a past connection.
Jonathan Mayne sailed with Captain Moon's family as a young cabin boy during the earliest years of Iris's life. A grown woman, Iris holds no memory for her childhood friend, who now guards the bay from a lonely lighthouse tower. When a shipwreck survivor bent on revenge washes up on the shores of the Moon family mansion, will Johnny be able to protect Iris from her dead mother's secret while keeping a promise to her father never to expose it?
"Written with exquisite attention to detail, Lisa Norato has penned anextraordinary love story, filled with intrigue, compelling characters,and a delightful romance that mustn't be missed."
- Jen Turano, bestselling Bethany House author of The Ladies of Distinction Series
"Norato brings her characters to life." - RT Book Reviews
Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1825
Danger Reunites a Sea Captain's Daughter with Her Childhood ProtectorThe new keeper has manned Pilgrim Light for a year now, and though her father recruited him for the post, Iris Moon has never seen the fellow nor will anyone discuss him. Rumors circulate he was once a pirate and had been imprisoned. Lured by the secrecy, Iris rows out to the light to meet the solitary keeper. He's a curmudgeon who remains as mysterious as ever, until confusing dreams haunt her, causing Iris to suspect they share a past connection.
Jonathan Mayne sailed with Captain Moon's family as a young cabin boy during the earliest years of Iris's life. A grown woman, Iris holds no memory for her childhood friend, who now guards the bay from a lonely lighthouse tower. When a shipwreck survivor bent on revenge washes up on the shores of the Moon family mansion, will Johnny be able to protect Iris from her dead mother's secret while keeping a promise to her father never to expose it?
"Written with exquisite attention to detail, Lisa Norato has penned anextraordinary love story, filled with intrigue, compelling characters,and a delightful romance that mustn't be missed."
- Jen Turano, bestselling Bethany House author of The Ladies of Distinction Series
