Title: Dream lake
Description: In the exquisite setting of Friday Harbor, Zoe Hoffman, an innkeeper who has all but given up on love, is attracted to Alex Nolan, a bitter and cynical man battling his demons with the help of a whiskey bottle, until he is visited by a mysterious ghost who is stuck in the Nolans' Victorian house. All the ghost knows is that he loved a girl once. And Alex and Zoe hold the key to unlocking the mystery that keeps him trapped there.
Subjects: Hotelkeepers, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Alcoholics, Fiction, family life, Washington (state), fiction, Fiction, romance, contemporary, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-08-26, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, family life, general
Places: San Juan Island, Washington (State), San Juan Island (Wash.)