Eagle Bay

by Ken Cruickshank

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DARK MYSTERIES STIR IN EAGLE BAY

Generations of Westbrookes are venerated for transforming the sleepy coastal hamlet of Eagle Bay into a thriving city. So when Thomas Westbrooke’s wife, Skye, alleges to friends and authorities that her admired husband is psychotic and threatening, it seems impossible. That is not the humanitarian and respected civic leader they think they know. The renowned prodigy could never be guilty of twisted vengeance–especially murder.

The public is unaware that the Westbrookes’ reign is funded by a cache of extraordinary relics related to one of history’s fabled missing antiquities. The mysterious wealth morphs into Thomas’s mesmerizing obsession. A brazen act related to the ancient relics alters lives, heightens suspicions, and pushes two esteemed families into inevitable conflict.

Unbeknownst to Skye and others, Thomas’s upbringing under his domineering and wicked father leaves scars that haunt him into adulthood. He accepts that no one can simultaneously serve good and evil and that his life of deception will lead to guilt and regret. He struggles to reconcile his fixation on the historical artifacts, an intense yearning to deceive, and his failure to live admirably with the only woman he’s ever truly loved, Skye.

Skye’s children, Johnny and Dakota, grow confused by Thomas’s strange conduct. Inexplicable events and personal observations make Johnny doubtful about who his adoptive father actually is. Johnny and Dakota disagree about Thomas’s devotion and intentions, straining their relationship and allowing their father to pit them against each other.

Skye discovers that nothing in Eagle Bay is as it appears. People she confides in are concealing remarkable truths. Pandora’s box is forced open, and many find themselves in harm’s way, including Skye and the children. But she is more than a worthy adversary and will fight like hell to protect her family from a man she no longer recognizes. Meanwhile, she is committed to solving the puzzle of what really happened to her first husband.

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