The Way Home

Romance is still needed in a marriage of thirty plus years. The traumas of empty nest, infidelity, amnesia and distance are overcome with love. The characters, conversations and the unfolding of memories are woven into a delightful and yet heartwrenching read. The caring doctor, his housekeeper and the grown children all add greatly to the story of James and Bella's broken marriage and its recovery. One of the joys of reading a Harlequin Romance is the dependable hope in a happy ending. But this is not a simplistic story. The kindness of people in a small town, the relationships in the family with the grown adopted children, the small town factory and the husband and wife's determination to try and not give up are a shining example that a story of love and romance can be a healing one. I am sure I will read it again and recommend it to many others. Wish there were lots more like this one.

Isabella "Bella" Parker wakes up in Lucky Drawn, Colorado suffering from amnesia while her fifty-eight year old spouse and their children worry over where she is. In Parker's Ridge, Alabama James worries over whether his beloved wife of over three decades is safe as she is missing; he blames himself for her leaving. He and their adult kids are relieved to learn where Bella is due to a newspaper article revealing her story and location, but is concerned about her memory loss. James wants her to come home, but in spite of her lack of memory her instincts tell her she was running from him. James knows why she was thinking of leaving him; they had lost their ability to play and have fun with each other until he cheated on her. Now a desperate James hopes to convince his spouse that if she gives him a second chance he will never wander and they will enjoy life to the fullest instead of just all business all the time. THE WAY HOME is a touching second chance at love tale refreshingly starring two people in their fifties. Character driven, fans will relish Jean Brashear's heartfelt contemporary as the flawed lead couple makes the spat real enough to threaten to end a thirty-five years old relationship while the support cast ensure her amnesia is not a gimmick used to wipe the slate clean like an Etchosketch. Harriet Klausner