Summer Journey

About the Book

Ellen Hanley, a forty-one year old widow, is traveling to Paris, hoping to find some solace in retracing the route she last took with her late husband and looking to sort out the problems which have arisen as a result of his death.  She is befriended by Ken Kruczak, an American who is traveling on business.  Ken persuades her to accompany him through France after she suffers a series of minor accidents.  In the course of their travels, they fall in love but dark secrets create a gulf between them.  After a  horrifying event, Ellen is faced with a chilling fact and learns of Ken’s secret past.  The revelations and their consequences bring the story to its conclusion.

About the Author

This is the first novel for Dana Mackie who lives in the northeast section of the country and whose interests in Native American culture, European art and architecture and travel are evident throughout the book.  This is a romance  novel which is also part travelog, part art appreciation and part mystery.