Bright Passage — Nancy Kennedy

Eleanor loved Frank Canfield. She didn't believe she could ever love anyone else -- until that moonlit night under Miss Why's ancient maple tree when she saw him at last for what he really was…

The Boarder…

Miss Why had committed herself. It was impossible to renege on her promise to her cousin's husband, Frank. She could only hope this friend of his was coming to board wouldn't expect any nursing care or maid service. Indeed, she hoped Eleanor Linden just might be able to cook… Eleanor, still weak from the illness her guilt-ridden secret love for Frank Canfield had brought on, was reduced to near hysteria with her first encounter with Miss Why. The homely old woman talked a blue streak. She hopped and jumped and actually did a jig when Eleanor said yes, she liked to cook. Surely she was out of her mind! But Miss Why was far from crazy, and Eleanor -- though bewildered sometimes by her odd behavior and embarrassed by her attempts to promote a romance between Eleanor and an attractive neighbor, Robin Cameron -- learned to love her. And Miss Why, preparing for a future only she could see, made up her mind that dear Eleanor more than deserved a wonderful surprise…

Hero: Robin Cameron
Heroine: Eleanor Linden