Beckoning Moon — Georgia M. Shewmake

After the sudden death of her mother--a glamorous TV personality--young Amy Barrister drives to her old home in Texas to pull herself together and plan her future. But instead she is overwhelmed by the past. For it was here in southern Texas that her father disappeared fourteen years ago, never to be seen again. It was here that old passions once created a mystery drama whose last scene is yet to be played.

On her first day home, Amy meets handsome Jason Todd, the college professor whose involvement with the past is even greater than hers. Amy knows right away that she is draw to the young man. But she cannot begin to imagine what strange ties secretly bind them together.