Lake House Treasures

In this prequel to the Lake House Treasure Series, James Cavanaugh made a promise to his father on his father's death bed: take the family ship building business to the next level and find a family of his own. Ironically, he already has a family he never told his old man about: three children by his three best friends from childhood. He took the coward's way out all those years ago, fully intending to set things right someday. But someday never came, and karma caught up with him. Discovering his children were three girls who needed him more than he realized, James must find the courage to reach out before it's too late.Please note: This title was previously published as The Beginning, but it's a new, extended version.

Quiet and shy cook, Amber Scott, gets some shocking news when she receives a letter after her thirtieth birthday from the father she never knew. He's dying and is leaving everything to her and the half-sisters she's never met. His only stipulation is that they all spend the summer together at his house on Skaneateles Lake. With a mother who loved drugs more than her own daughter and an ex-husband who loved booze and abusing his wife, Amber spent her life feeling unloved as she took care of others and let people walk all over her. Needing the escape, she agrees to her father's terms, having no idea the things she will learn about them all, including herself. Once there, she meets the hard working, gentle groundskeeper who slowly helps to heal her heart by taking care of her and loving her above all else. But will she find the courage to open her heart to her sisters and the father who started it all?

Outgoing and friendly hotel manager, Meghan McCloud, still can't believe she has two half-sisters her age with a backstory no one would believe and a father she never thought she would meet, let alone inherit a fortune from. Spending the summer at a gorgeous house on Skaneateles Lake is a small price to pay. Besides, she needs the distraction. For thirty years she's felt unaccepted by her mother's second family and the men who are intimidated by her drive and ambition, so she threw herself into her work and never looked back. She begins to wonder if she will always be on her own, but then she meets the manager of the country club. Even after she interferes with his work and points out all the things he's doing wrong, he accepts her for who she is, flaws and all, loving her anyway. She finally learns to love and accept herself, but will she do the same with her sisters and the father who's asking for forgiveness?

Tough, street smart, master of odd jobs, Brook Jones, has always been unwanted and alone. At the age of thirty, she doesn't need hopeful half-sisters or a desperate father. What she does need is money. After growing up homeless with a mother who eventually left her, Brook learned to do anything in order to survive, but never quite fit in anywhere. Needing a place to stay, she rides out the summer with strangers she doesn't trust, planning to bail the second she is free to claim her money. She doesn't forgive or forget easily. The other two look like their mother's, but she's the spitting image of their father, yet she doesn't fit into his world either. Until she meets her polar opposite, a rich playboy tennis star born into money, who teaches her what it's like to be truly wanted and loved. But will she allow herself to accept that she doesn't have to be alone and embrace the gifts that are hers for the taking, including the father she needs more than any of them?

Amber Scott, Meghan McCloud, and Brook Jones were born within weeks of each other. They've never met but are connected in a way that will change their lives forever.After turning thirty, they receive a letter requesting their presence for the reading of James Cavanaugh's will, even though he hasn't died yet. They discover that they are half-sisters, and he's their father.James always felt guilty and never forgot about any of them. After becoming a successful businessman and settling into a gorgeous house on Skaneateles Lake, he discovers he's dying. He hires a private investigator to look them up, wanting to make amends.James plans to leave everything he has to his daughters. The only stipulation is they must spend the summer together with him at his lake house. If at the end of the summer they wish to go their separate ways, they will be free to do so. But will any of them be able to leave after discovering a place to call home?