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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes Shelter in Placea powerful tale of heart, heroism and propulsive suspense. It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video-game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted...

Lilah Calhoun falls in love with a man who harbors scandalous secrets about her family. During a storm off the coast of Maine where her home, the Towers, stands, Lilah Calhoun rescued a mysterious stranger from the turbulent sea. Professor Max Quartermain believes he hallucinated the beautiful mermaid who rescued him from certain death. In the wake of the near tragedy, an undeniable desire grows between them. Lilah is surprised by the intense attraction...

Amanda Calhoun is suspicious of Sloan O'Riley, the architect who is trying to turn her family home into a hotel, when he shows an interest in her family history and some missing heirloom jewels, but his real interest is Amanda.