Publisher's Synopsis
Handsome Vance McDougal arrived home to Houston half dead.He had been on a business trip for the family and visited London, Iran, and hosted his Scottish clan Members at a five star hotel.Somewhere between leaving Browne's Hotel in a cab for Southampton, and boarding a ship to Houston, Vance is abducted, drugged, beaten and poisoned, so that he arrived in Houston more dead than alive.His Father meets him at the Houston terminal, and rushes him to an emergency room.After three weeks in the hospital, he returns to convalesce in Galveston at the family home, the Well House.The Well House had barely survived the great storm of 1900, passing through owners and disrepair when it was bought by Lonnie and Cecelia, "Cee-Cee" McDougal in 1919.Cee-Cee lovingly renovated the battered house to become a cherished Galveston landmark and an important part of the community.It became the family home to generations of McDougal's who found happiness, security and solace under its roof, keeping the McDougal family secrets through generations of change and turmoil. Vance recovers enough to learn that he is still being stalked, at home in Texas.He spends nearly a decade struggling to recover, and finally receives help at a clinic in Albuquerque.He is advised tp move to an arid climate, and opts for a family ranch in West Texas.Odessa becomes Vance's refuge, and he begins a new journey with his family; he learns to move his life forward as his life and times change. Odessa becomes the center of the growing family, and the changing life of 20th century America.The McDougal's embark on new business ventures, oil flourishes in West Texas, and new highways cross America.Vance McDougal has survived, but he hasn't forgotten or forgiven what happened in London.He swears he will find the answer to his question: Why Me? Why Then? Why Now?Read "Odessa" Book Two of the Well House Series.
