Time of Grace — Hilda Mitchell Morris

Lovely Melanie Seddon, secretary to a world-renowned novelist, had escaped to Cary's Bridge for a peaceful vacation. Then she met handsome Richard LiConte and found herself entwined in a dazzling new romance. But Richard's past was another matter. The grim secret of the LiConte family could not be hidden-and its awful truth threatened Melanie's very future.