Christmas in Hawthorn Bay Author:Kathleen O'Brien Nora's past has come back to haunt her... — THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS — Mayor Nora Carson knows that council's plan to bulldoze the Killian family's mansion won't just stir up bad blood -- it will attract the last person on earth she wants to see: Jack Killian. Run out of town when they were high school sweetheart... more »s, the big city lawyer is back to protect his turf -- but what he'll find is Nora's eleven-year-old secret.
Her worst nightmare is that he'll put two and two together and start asking questions. But there's no way she can tell him how she came to be a single mother. Or why her son has the Killians' blue eyes and curly black hair....« less