Burning Bright
Chapter One
First Week of Advent
It was snowing again. Angela McKenna navigated the icy roads with her usual panic, driving her
old Jeep at a snail's pace. At least it had all-wheel drive. But even that wonderful invention
wasn't foolproof when it came to ice. This was her second winter spent on the shores of Lake
Champlain, and she would have thought she'd have gotten used to the driving by now. After all,
she could navigate the heart of Chicago, the insanity of New York, the freeways of L.A. without
breaking a sweat. But let a few flakes of snow start drifting out of the Vermont skies and she
was swamped with a tightly controlled terror. It was a good thing she didn't have to go
anywhere for work - she would have been hopeless. Except, maybe that would have forced
her to learn how to drive in the snowy vicinity of Crescent Cove without courting a heart attack.
She usually avoided going out entirely when the weather was bad, but right now she was driving
home from Burlington Airport after spending Thanksgiving with her parents in Chicago, and the
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