title: Bloom In the Dark: True Stories of Hope and Redemption (Volume 1)
author:  Paula Mosher Wallace 
description: Born in the Amazon jungles of Peru to missionary parents, I began life with a different perspective. Spanish was my first language. I learned about flushing toilets and air conditioning when I was seven. Living in south Georgia, I studied in English until I graduated. My adventures since then have included time in Alaska and Canada. Needless to say, I've enjoyed a broad range of climates over the years. Now, as a single mom, homeschooling three boys in Tennessee, I am enjoying a whole new set of adventures. We enjoy swimming, hiking, roller skating, and playing board games. I am grateful that God has healed me of so much over the years. My past does not define who I am or what my life is like. I am a living testimony of God's healing power--body, soul, and spirit. I hope my writing always brings glory to my Creator!
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  #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs sweeps readers away to the
  past in this classic tale of buried secrets and second chances.
  
  Jesse Morgan is a man hiding from the pain of his past, a man who has vowed
  never to give his heart again. Keeper of a remote lighthouse along a rocky and
  dangerous coast, he has locked himself away from everything but his bitter
  memories.
  
  Now, the sea has given him a second chance.
  
  A beautiful stranger washes ashore, the sole survivor of a shipwreck.
  Penniless and pregnant, Mary Dare is a woman who carries painful memories of
  her own.
  
  With laughter, hope and joy, Mary and her child bring light into the dark
  corners of Jesse's world. But when their friendship turns to passion and
  passion becomes love, secrets from the past threaten to take it all away.
  
  Originally published in 1997.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE LIGHTKEEPER
  
  SUSAN WIGGS
  
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  CONTENTS
  
  [Chapter One](index_split_003.html#filepos3611)
  
  [Chapter Two](index