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Autumn Dreams

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WISHES AND REALITY LIE AUTUMN DREAMS

They call it the “sandwich generation”. Daughter, sister, aunt, innkeeper, employer - but has Cass herself gotten lost in the crunch?

The proud proprietor of her own bed-and-breakfast in sleepy Seaside, New Jersey, Cass Merton is intrigued by Dan Harmon who arrives at SeaSong for an extended stay. After witnessing the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City, the godly finance and due diligence expert is rethinking his life, his career, and his relationships - or lack of them.

Whatever possessed me to think I could do this? Cass asks, questioning her consent to care for her easygoing nephew and feisty teenage niece for a whole year while their parents work in the Middle East. Add Cass's four brothers, who don't take Dad's compulsive contest entries or Mom's increasing dementia seriously, and Cass's emotions swirl like the quickly rising hurricane fast approaching Seaside.

But every day cares aren't Cass's only problems. A troubled young employee unknowingly endangers her as well. An alarm sounds in the middle of the night, bullets fly, and a gunman takes Cass hostage.

What will become of Cass's AUTUMN DREAMS?