To Have and to Hold

by Tracie Peterson Book 1 in the Bridal Veil Island series.

First published 2011

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Audrey Cunningham moves with her father to Bridal Veil Island, hoping that a return to his childhood home will help him leave alcohol behind. They arrive to find wealthy investors assembling land for a large resort, and the Cunningham property has become one of the pieces the developers still need.

Contractor Marshall Graham is asked to watch over Audrey, a responsibility neither of them welcomes. Their uneasy relationship develops while Audrey faces pressure to sell and becomes attached to another man and his two daughters. The novel combines the contest over the island's future with questions of family duty, faith and the kind of security Audrey wants for herself.