Bitter Harvest — Susan Bowden

Michelle Tyler has plenty to be thankful for--a handsome husband, faithful friends, and a successful business. But with her husband away on a foreign assignment, she's once again facing Thanksgiving alone. As the holiday draws near, her thoughts turn toward her mother, who singlehandedly raised her after being disowned by her wealthy and powerful family. So when a letter arrives from Michelle's estranged grandmother, inviting her to attend the annual Tyler celebration, she decides to accept, ready to put the past to rest.

Eleanor Tyler knows she's waited a long time to extend an olive branch to Michelle, but she hopes it isn't too late. A series of disturbing events have convinced the aging matriarch that someone is plotting against her, and she's anxious to confide in an outsider she can trust. Michelle quickly comes to care for her ailing grandmother, but she seems to be the only one who doesn't think Eleanor's imagining things. As family tensions intensify, Michelle soon discovers that someone who didn't know she was coming will do anything to make her leave....