Something To Talk About (The Windraven Legacy) (Silhouette Special Edition)

following the caw of the ravens. She never wants to deal with passion and emotion again -- the cost has been too high. Yet Kate dislikes her constant suspicion and inability to trust people. She finds herself forever questioning other people's motives and actions, and yet she hates feeling this way because it was how she spent the last years of her marriage. So when her cousin refers detective Jess Fargo to her because she has an apartment for rent, Kate allows them to stay, even against her better judgement. Kate vows to not allow the man and his ten-year-old son become a part of her life. His presence makes her long for the family she's lost and to believe in love between men and women. Somehow, Jess and his son represent all the bright hope she had once held.Here, in the isolated Wind River Wyoming, detective Jess Fargo comes to feel a sense of family, for the first time in his life. Filled with regret, Jess wishes he could go back and get to know his son all over again. He wishes he knew what happened to his beloved sister Bunny that caused her death here. He mourns the tragedy of his childhood, his mother who died of pneumonia and his cruel alcoholic father. He wants to know why Bunny never kept her promise to send for him, to rescue him from the hell that constituted his young life. His mother had called it heartsick -- the longing for things he cannot have. Living so close to Kate adds a new dimension to feeling heartsick. A cop with a bum leg, Jess believes that he has nothing to offer any woman. Jess has no future here. He knows that at the end of the month he'll be gone, when he resolves his sister Bunny's death. Yet a sense of mystery surrounds Kate, and Jess wants to know what it is. Something to do with her husband's suicide and the loss of a child. Despite his misgivings, Jess can't seem to stay away from the beautiful widow and her secrets. Author Laurie Paige has a wonderful gift of characterization. As she weaves a tale of surprising depth, with vivid detailing that keeps the reader involved in the character's tragedies and wish for family. Even as she exposes the disillusion, pain and self-pity of her characters, Paige doesn't allow her characters to wallow in it. Rather, these marvelous characters express their foibles and vulnerabilities even while growing beyond them. Reflecting both the tragedy and triumphs of life and love, SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT comes highly recommended.