Dancing on Rocks
Simmering beneath the skin and hiding around every corner are a family's painful memories of a child who disappeared in the middle of the night 25 years ago.Nursing her mother back to health wasn't all that drew Georgie Haydock back to the mountain tourist town of Chimney Rock. The summer roils as her mother thrashes in her bed, insisting that the strange woman stalking her store downstairs is Georgie's missing sister. Georgie aches to reunite with the hometown boy she never forgot; yet, she fears all the turmoil will force her to unveil the secret that she's kept since she was six. But naturalist Ron Elliott doesn't care what Georgie did all those years back. She's the one creature he's always yearned to possess.
Dancing on Rocks weaves through the network of memories, secrets, and mutual dependencies holding together this isolated community of 112 people tucked into Hickory Nut Gorge. Thousands of visitors stream through the tourist destination every week. But in reality, the people in the town have only each other.