02494cam a2200421 i 4500 888751802 TxAuBib 20230710120000.0 230523s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023934107 9781638087878 hardback : alk. paper $38.95 1638087873 hardback : alk. paper $38.95 (OCoLC)1379754355 TxAuBib rda Gabhart, Ann H., author. In the shadow of the river : a novel / Ann H. Gabhart. Large print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023. ©2023. 448 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Regular print version previously published by Revell. "In 1881, Jacci Reed is only five years old when a man attempts to kidnap her from the steamboat her mother, Irena, works on. Badly wounded during the confrontation, Irena takes Jacci aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, a showboat tied up beside them. There, Jacci's actor grandfather tends to her mother and Jacci gets a first taste of the life she will come to lead. Fifteen years later, Jacci is an actress aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, and largely contented with her adopted family of actors, singers, and dancers. Especially Gabe, who has always supported her, and the gruff grandfather she has come to know and love. Jacci's mother has been gone for years, but the memory of the altercation that ultimately took her life -- and the cryptic things Jacci has overheard about her past -- is always there, lurking in the back of her mind. When someone on the showboat tries to kill Jacci, it's clear her questions demand answers. But secrets have a way of staying in the shadows, and the answers she craves will not come easily. Gabe only hopes they come in time for him and Jacci to have a future together."-- Provided by publisher. 20230710. Showboats Fiction. River steamers Fiction. Entertainers Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Attempted murder Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Large type books. Christian fiction. Romance fiction. Historical fiction. Large print books.