They're beloved members of the Gansett Island family... But they've never had their own book until now! Dan Torrington and Kara Ballard take center stage for the first time ever in this prequel novel. Revisit their story from when they first appeared in FALLING FOR LOVE through HURRICANE AFTER DARK with many new scenes characters and backstories as we prepare to follow Dan and Kara to Bar Harbor Maine to deal with the most intense Ballard family drama yet. This is an 87 000-word preview ahead of the upcoming DOWNEAST story which will pick up right where Dan and Kara's story left off in HURRICANE AFTER DARK.