The Castaway

A President dies under mysterious circumstances leaving a secret mistress and their twelve-year-old son…and also a loyal First Lady who has no idea what went wrong with their marriage. Forty-nine-year old widow Ruby Hudson the former First Lady of the United States needs a fresh start. As she mourns the loss of her husband she turns her love of books into a whole new career opening a little bookshop on a charming pirate-themed island called Shipwreck Key just off the coast of the Florida Panhandle. Her two daughters think she’s crazy but Ruby can finally breathe again knowing that she'll never have to deal with the constant scrutiny and pressure that come with a high-profile life in the White House. Just as she’s beginning to feel at home on Shipwreck Key Ruby receives a visit from her husband’s former Chief of Staff: a tell-all biography about her husband’s presidency—and about their marriage—is in the works and the author is none other than Dexte