Finding Fiona

Description for FINDING FIONA by Mary Fremont Schoenecker: FINDING FIONA is a contemporary love story with a turn of the century twist. A multi-layered tale of romance and suspense, it mixes mysticiam and faith with surprising results. Maddy Fontaine lands her first teaching job in the town where she and best friend Clare went to school - a typical New England mill town, steeped in tradition and filled with ethnic characters. Living with sad memories and her father's new wife is not what Maddy wants. She moves into Clare's in-town apartment and meets Patrick Donovan, a local artisan and brother of one of her students. They are equally attracted to each other, but family responsibilities hold Patrick back. His sister Fiona has disappeared. A hurricane strikes, flooding the town, sweeping Maddy back in time - a pre-destined trip acording to Clare's Tante Margaret. Tante is a reluctant clairvoyant, but her psychic vision adds a thread of history and mystery to the plot. Faith clash