The House on the Cliff
by Belinda G. BuchananPublish: Oct 01, 2024Historical Fiction Women's Fiction Literary FictionBook Overview
A HAUNTING, GRIPPING, EMOTIONAL TALE OF FAMILY, SECRETS, AND SURVIVAL TOLD ENTIRELY FROM THE HOUSE'S POINT OF VIEW.Facing mortality for the first time in its life, a two-hundred-year-old house vividly recalls, in its own words, two of its beloved families that is has sheltered and cared for.
In the 1950's, Magnus Quinn, a reclusive sea captain, whose heart has been marred by a horrific tragedy, hesitantly agrees to marry Audrey, a pregnant woman with whom he shares a volatile past. As they forge a tentative bond, their relationship is hampered by secrets—one, long-buried, one, still raw—which threaten to tear them apart, along with Quinn’s brooding and vindictive brother Callum, who will stop at nothing to end their marriage.
It's early fall 1972, and Charlie Montgomery just turned thirteen and shares a bedroom with her younger brother Travis and his invisible friend Billy. She lives with her divorced mother and grandmother, who reads palms to help make ends meet. Notably missing from her family unit is her older brother Tyler, who has been sent to fight in Vietnam, and her estranged father, who’s in a rock band that no one has ever heard of.
As Charlie tries to traverse the perils of middle school, as well as the challenges of growing up in an eccentric family, she is suddenly bestowed a gift that follows the line of her grandmother. When this gift allows her to see a disaster that threatens to end the very existence of her family, she must come to terms with a life she never wanted in order to try and save them.
In the present day, Wren Sutcliffe has suffered an unspeakable crime that has left her unable to cope and in fear for her life. Taking refuge inside House’s darkened rooms, she spends her days working her way toward the bottom of a bottle as she struggles to make a fresh start. When her twin sister Zoe shows up: penniless, jobless, and needing a place to crash, Wren welcomes her with open arms, but the pair’s fragile relationship is immediately put to the test when their diverse personalities knock heads. As Wren begins to spiral out of control, the special bond that holds her and Zoe together starts to unravel when certain childhood secrets come to light, and she learns that a dangerous man from her past may have followed her to Echo Point.
