When a stranger comes to town, will you open your door? Or lock it? Kathryn Mumford's old house sits so close to the Pacific Ocean, it seems ready to crumble into the waves. Some days, she thinks a swift slide into the ocean might be best for everyone involved. When Kathryn rents her guesthouse to a solitary young teacher named Gentry, he arrives without a past or a first name. Gentry's mysteries are amusing, intriguing, frustrating. Kathryn and her daughters mercilessly dig for clues, with no idea what price they will pay for trying to unearth his secrets-and what their attempts will do to Gentry. Karen G. Berry brings her usual wit and compassion to The Temptation of Gentry, first of the Gentry books, a suspenseful multi-volume exploration of one man's attempts to outrun his shattering past. "Karen Berry writes with a beautiful sense of language, a keen eye for detail, a masterful ear for dialog, and most of all a sense of humor...a very special book by a highly gifted writer." William Kowalski, bestselling author of Eddie's Bastard and The Best Polish Restaurant in Buffalo