Wild Orchids - Large Print Author:Jude Deveraux Suffering from writer's block since his wife's death, novelist Ford Newcombe has been traveling in search of inspiration. But he doesn't find it until he meets Jackie Maxell, a blonde with a lively sense of humor and an irresistible gift for spinning tales, in need of an assistant, Ford convinces Jackie to take the job - intrigued by... more » her telling of a ghost story about a small town possessed by the devil. Then he learns there really is such a place...
The people of Cole Creek, N.C., don't make research easy, but Jackie has no trouble finding things out. In fact, Ford is unsettled by her seeming familiarity with the town, disturbed by the awful visions that begin to overcome her-and jealous when she confides that she met a handsome stranger who told her the visions are true. The leaves Ford with choices to make-between skepticism and belief...between new love and lost love...between the longing of his heart and the salvation of his soul.« less