Secrets of Wayfarers Inn Family Secrets Author:Becky Melby Recently retired best friends LuAnn Sherrill, Tessa Wallace, and Janice Eastman find a historic hotel for sale in Marietta, Ohio, and learn it was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. They immediately begin plans to renovate the old stone building and open it as a B&B and soup cafe. But someone doesn't want that to happen. Baffling things ke... more »ep occurring at the Inn - scrawled words on a dusty mirror, a sheer scarf spinning from the ceiling fan, an eerie howling noise...Who, or what, is trying to scare them away?
In their quest for answers, the women stumble upon a crumbling, yellowed journal written by Prudence Willard, a Melungeon former slave who made trips across the river to pick up human "parcels" and offer them refuge, food, and medical care as they traversed the Underground Railroad. What can this woman's insights on faith, bits of humor, and timeless wisdom from the 1800s teach the new owners of Wayfarers Inn? And can her writings shed light on the present-day mysteries at the Inn?« less