Home Song (Cape Light Series #2)

Inspired by the artistic vision of world-renowned landscape painter Thomas Kinkade-and imbued with the light of his uplifting message-this heartwarming new novel returns to the quaint town of Cape Light, and the unique residents who call it home...

The charming sea-coast village of Cape Light is the kind of place where neighbors help neighbors and people have the time to appreciate God's blessings every day. Their lives are not without disappointment-even heartbreak. But there's something special about this town-and the people in it. Like Cape Light mayor Emily Warwick, who can't remember the last time she let herself dream. And her younger sister Jessica, who is about to walk down the aisle with a man their mother despises. Emily has two months to bring her mother around, but so far-even with their minister's support-her plan isn't working. And it doesn't help that she's still mourning the husband she lost and wondering what happened to the baby she gave up for adoption twenty years ago. Sometimes she thinks it would take a miracle to fill the hole in her heart.

But miracles do happen here in Cape Light. You just have to close your eyes-and believe in your dreams...

Caught up in the responsibilities of her job and the incessant demands of her elderly mother, mayor Emily Warwick doesn't allow herself to dream. Then there's her younger sister Jessica, who's about to walk down the aisle with a man their mother despises. It doesn't help that Emily's still mourning the husband she lost and wondering what happened to the baby she gave up for adoption twenty years ago. Sometimes she thinks it would take a miracle to fill the hole in her heart.

But miracles do happen in Cape Light. You just have to close your eyes—and believe in your dreams.

Publishers Weekly

Kinkade (Cape Light), the self-titled "Painter of Light" whose mass-produced soft-focus pastoral scenes have found many fans, revisits the idyllic Massachusetts town of Cape Light in this second volume of the Cape Light trilogy. Mayor Emily Warwick faces an election challenge from the local eatery owner, Charlie Bates. College student Sara Franklin wonders whether she should publicly reveal that she is the daughter Emily gave up for adoption after her husband's accidental death. Emily and her sister, Jessica, continue to cope with their difficult, heartless mother, Lillian, who now is in a snit over Jessica's choice of fianc , a pious local handyman named Sam Morgan; according to snobbish Lillian, he's not good enough for her daughter. Meanwhile, Boston ex-cop Luke McAllister moves to Cape Light and tries to redeem his guilt over his partner's death by setting up a halfway house for troubled teens who want to turn their lives around. His efforts force the town into a moral dilemma over accepting outsiders, and the project becomes a pivotal issue in Emily's reelection campaign. Will Emily convince the town to do the right thing? Will Lillian break down and come to Jessica's wedding? Kinkade and Spencer take a simplistic approach to political and family problems, with a considerable dose of Protestant proselytizing. The characters, though pleasant enough, are one-dimensional; it's easy to guess the inevitable happy ending. Those who enjoyed Kinkade's first book will find more of the same here. (Nov. 5) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\

Thomas Kinkade is America's most collected artist, a painter-communicator whose tranquil, light-infused paintings bring hope and joy to millions each year. Each painting Thomas Kinkade creates is a quiet messenger in the home, affirming the basic values of family, faith in God, and the luminous beauty of nature.

Katherine Spencer was a fiction editor before turning to a full-time career as a writer. She has authored over twenty books for both children and adults.