SEASHELL SEASON

Novel. It's been 16 years since Verity's baby's father, Alan, took two month old Gemma and disappeared. Finally one phone call may change everything. Verity learns that Alan is now in jail on abduction charges--and Marni Armstong, born Gemma Peterson-Burns, is coming to live with Verity. Over the summer, Gemma must reexamine everything she thought about her parents.