Autumn Desire
Sharon NobleContemporary romance
Available from The Wild Rose Press
ISBN: 1-60154-760-9
June 2010
| Paula Wincott, the widow of a chemistry professor, returns to finish her college degree and finds her chemistry professor is Boyd Mackenzie, her husband's arch enemy. Believing Boyd caused Sam Wincott's heart attack, she withdraws from the class. But she isn't able to avoid him as they have been asked to work together to get funding for the project Sam had worked on. Despite her anger toward Boyd, she finds herself falling in love with him. Trouble ensues when a vital piece of Sam's experiments goes missing and it appears Boyd may be the culprit. Paula continues with her studies and, during a literature course, discovers her life with Sam has been much like the wife's in A Doll's House, and she begins to question some of her beliefs and decisions. She seeks out Boyd to apologize for her accusations, but will he forgive her and give her a chance?
I couldn't put this book down. It enchanted me, kept me interested all the way through, and I finished it the same night I started reading it. The storyline the writer created is both interesting and believable, drawing from very real situations between college professors, as well as the behavior of controlling men and the effect on wives. The author has also created wonderful characters in this book. The protagonist and hero are interesting and lovable characters with human traits, along with doubts and failures like normal people. The inner battle Paula goes through, that of staying loyal to her late husband, while responding to Boyd, is thoroughly believable. The situation they face, that of the theft of important documentation, creates a break between the two main characters that would be difficult to mend. The small children are delightful and very real, providing a bit of humor. The way the boy brings the two main characters together is delightful. I also found the love scenes to be exciting and very well done. I loved this book, and anxiously await the next one by this author.
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Reviewer: Jaye Leyel |
