Heart's Haven

Gareth Colby, a physically and emotionally wounded man, picks up an unconcious[?] young lad from the side of the road. Strangely enough he ends up feeling a strange attraction to the "boy". And his sister, Clarine, is also attracted and starts flirting with Shannon. Gareth's mother, Maud and Grandma Lucy are accepting of the stranger, while his sister Gwenny seems to be highly suspecious. I get the feeling that Grandma Lucy knows more than she lets on. Shannon is living in mental fear of something or someone. She just knows that she cannot reveal her gender to anyone. Who can she trust? No one. She had just barely escaped being raped. To find no memory of where she came from but the nightmare flashes of a man with a bloody knife to torment her keeps her determined to hide. Yet she has such a strong attraction to man, Gareth. Gareth and Clare's lives become disrupted with the advent of Shannon as a female. Whoa! Is Gareth ever relieved that he has not developed strange tendancies and Clare is humiliated. She does want the good life of ease and pretty things. She especially likes Shannon's necklace. Gareth gets to the point where he finds it next to impossible to keep his hands off Shannon and she has the same problem. Then comes the flood. Not something I would like to live through. And who is this faceless man that wants to kill Shannon? Gareth wants Shannon but he will not marry anyone. He is not going to open his heart to more pain and rejection. [:-) Haven't seen Shannon do any rejecting yet, but there was a bit of confusion on how their relationship was going to progress. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED --m - well worth reading again.