Journey Back to Love - Victory Hill Trilogy, #2 - E-book - ePub

Priscilla "Cilla" Graham and Jake Carmichael are travelling separately to visit her grandmother and cross paths at Victory Hill. A haunted restaurant and B&B in southwest Virginia, people have met there by chance, fallen in love and returned to add their pictures to the "wall of love."Ten years ago, Jake shattered Cilla's world when she caught him in the arms of another woman. Channeling that hurt into furthering her career, she was hired as assistant to the CEO of Jacob's Foundation, a non-profit that works with veterans.
She has never met the Founder but totally agrees with his vision. Jake has loved Cilla from childhood and regrets that a stupid prank chased her away. He served his country, then came home and founded Jacob's Foundation to help veterans better their lives. He initiated Cilla's job offer but prefers to work in anonymity. He has maintained contact with Cilla's grandmother, the only person to know his true feelings for Cilla.
When they chance to meet at Victory Hill and realize they are going in the same direction, Jake follows on his motorcycle. Crazy drivers, a serious car accident, bad weather and mixed emotions make for an interesting, sometimes traumatic trip. Jake wants to resume his relationship with Cilla but her broken heart prevents commitment. He worries that not being up front about her job, his philanthropy or other secrets concerning her grandmother and the real reason they are going home will come between them.
While appreciating the beauty of the B&B, Cilla chances to lock eyes with a woman at an attic window. Suddenly her dreams are consumed by this mystery woman from the nineteenth century and are so real, Cilla wonders if she is travelling back in time. Dreams haunt her, Jake tempts her, and disillusionment awaits her. Can Cilla forgive Jake's secrecy, let him back into her heart and add their picture to the "wall of love" at Victory Hill?The mystery of the haunted B&B continues in Book Two of the Victory Hill Trilogy where Cilla wonders if she might be going home to another woman's world.