The Last of the Whitcombes — Rosemary Schafer

Vanessa had been the last of the Whitcombes ever since the age of twelve when her famous actress mother had committed suicide. Finally overcoming her dread of returning to Cliffe's End, where the tragedy occurred, Vanessa's new-found courage is brutally shattered with the discovery that her mother's death may actually have been a murder - committed by her mother's identical twin. Even more staggering is the possibility that the sisters had exchanged identies when Van was still a child.

Aiding in Van's desperate search for the truth about her past are two fascinating men - an artist who's rented the summer cottage, and Seahaven's newly arrived chief of police. One is effusive, charming, romantic; the other, quiet, protective, inscrutable. Love had been the last thing on Vaness's mind, but as the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place, Vanessa starts falling too.

Finding out who the right man is becomes just as much of a mystery, taking Vanessa out of her serious shell, and teching her that life is indeed for the loving - and the loving.