Fallen Angel

After a pair of heralded & deeply personal works of nonfiction (The Cliff Walk & Of Time & Memory), Don Snyder now brings his talents to the fiction arena. Fallen Angel is an elegant & heart-warming novel, bearing all the marks of a timeless Christmas classic. Driven by the need to distance himself from his father, a caretaker of oceanfront mansions owned by rich "summer people," Terry McQuinn vowed at a young age to escape his coastal Maine roots & join the ranks of the wealthy. And escape he did. Banking six figures as a Hollywood film exec with a Midas touch, Terry has become the picture of success. But at what cost? The death of his estranged father is what finally beckons Terry back to his childhood home. As he goes about the business of tying up the estate, Terry discovers a final work order in his father's shop: "Open Serenity for Christmas." The words shuttle Terry back to a tragic evening from his youth. It was the night he met the Halworths, the owners of Serenity Cottage, & their daughter, Katherine. And it was the night Mr. Halworth mysteriously walked away from his family forever. Terry's discovery that Katherine is set to return triggers a rush of emotion spanning three decades, & offers him the chance to make peace with his late father, & to finally unravel for himself the mysteries of love & family.Snyder, Don J. is the author of 'Fallen Angel' with ISBN 9780743422314 and ISBN 0743422317.