Saving Marina

by Ines Ferrari Garcia

Teresa has the perfect life. To the outside world she has everything; an interesting and successful career, a loving husband, and a beautiful daughter. When her loving daughter goes off to college, she is left feeling empty and unfulfilled.

Her one dream in life has always been to buy an old mansion and convert it into a bed and breakfast. So, she leaves behind her New York City life and moves to Florida to find herself and begin her next chapter.

But as she tears down the walls of the historic mansion, she finds her perfect world coming apart. She begins having strange dreams, and soon she is being haunted by more than just the ghost that dwells there.

Teresa’s story is a familiar one. It is a story about survival and how we deal with childhood trauma, abandonment, abuse and rape by covering it up with material success, perfectionism, and substance abuse. This story is filled with romance and mystery, heartache and love; but mostly it is a spiritual story about mothers and daughters and sisters, and the ties that bind us forever.

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About the author

Ines lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with her architect husband. She is known to tell good stories, funny jokes, and the occasional lie.

She loves to travel to historic cities and towns. She also loves architecture, interior design, wandering through museums, classical music and good food, and of course, a good book!

When she is not writing, she is walking on the beach.

Reviews

[Kimberley H · Rating 5 out of 5]

A highly engaging and entertaining page turner. The purchase of an old home unleashes a quest to learn its history, and unravels in a surprising mystery.

[Laurel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very intense read. It really was hard to determine what was truth, and what was someone else's truth. The stories became so intertwined. I was amazed by the weaving stories. I really could have wished for a better ending. I feel, some things...some mysteries were never quit resolved.