The Inn at Angel Island

240 Pages·2010·1.06 MB·English

by  Kinkade Thomas

Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
The Cape Light Titles

CAPE LIGHT
HOME SONG
A GATHERING PLACE
A NEW LEAF
A CHRISTMAS PROMISE
THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL
A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER
A CHRISTMAS VISITOR
A CHRISTMAS STAR
A WISH FOR CHRISTMAS

The Angel Island Titles
THE INN AT ANGEL ISLAND
a cognizant v5 original release september 24 2010

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kinkade, Thomas, 1958-
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-10118672-5
1. Islands—Massachusetts—Fiction. 2. Taverns (Inns)—Massachusetts—Fiction. 3. City and town life—
Massachusetts—Fiction. I. Halpern, Katherine Spencer. II. Title.
PS3561.I534I66 2010
813’.54—dc22
2009043932

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Dear Friends,

Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of summer vacations with my
family. It was a long drive to the old Victorian inn that looked out on the ocean,
and I couldn’t wait to arrive. I would spend my days on the beach, happily
building sand castles, collecting shells, and chasing waves. When evening drew
near, we would return to the inn to watch the sunset from the porch. All the
guests would then gather around the oak table in the dining room for delicious,
home-cooked dinners, prepared with fresh ingredients that were grown on
surrounding farms or plucked straight from the sea. It was, I now realize, a kind
of paradise. Back then I believed that something so perfect had to be a gift from
the angels. It filled me with a love of the wild beauty in the natural world and a
sense of the truly divine. It has been a constant source of inspiration for my
paintings—a place of light that my mind returns to again and again.
Even the sweetest things must one day end, and that particular inn, sadly, is
no longer standing. In some way, I have been searching for it ever since. That is
why Katherine Spencer and I have created The Inn at Angel Island, the first in
the Angel Island series that captures the essence of that welcoming, homey inn—
a place where all travelers find comfort and solace, a place to renew and restore
one’s faith in oneself and in God.
Come with me then and meet Liza Martin, who, along with her brother, Peter,
has just inherited the Inn at Angel Island. For Liza, the inn is a far-from-
welcome gift. She has too many conflicts in her own busy life—a high-powered
job that may be at risk, an ex-husband who claims he still loves her, and a deep
grief for the loss of her aunt Elizabeth. Her brother Peter comes to the island
with his own troubles—precarious finances and an even more precarious
relationship with his fourteen-year-old son, Will. The charming but dilapidated
old inn seems to be a complication that no one needs, and Liza and Peter are
determined to sell it—until Angel Island, with its white beaches, soaring cliffs,
and quaint little village, begins to work its magic on them, opening their hearts
to what they really need.
All you have to do to is cross the land bridge from Cape Light to Angel Island.
There you will discover a wild, unspoiled, romantic haven, a place to reclaim
one’s dreams and one’s faith. I hope that, like me, you will often return to the Inn
at Angel Island, where you will find a soft, cozy bed, a home-cooked meal, and a
warm welcome. May it always be your home away from home.

Thomas Kinkade