Andee has been alone, except for Judy, physically and mentally, and suffering, for 18 months. Her prof. husband had died with his lover, another professor at the University, and left the entire town and school in shock. His ultimate betrayal was so much more than just the fact of leaving her. No one really knew just how to deal with the subject and, as a result, had withdrawn more out of awkwardness than anything from Andee.

The play she drags herself to see, more out of fear that her friend will have her head than that she really wants to see it, turns her life around. That performance turned out to be so passionate, so emotional, so heart wringingfor the first time in a year and a half, Andrea can feel the passion that has been lying so dormant and untouched for so long inside herself, that shed thought dead for all time.

Max has heartache in his past, still so recent that hed had to escape the world hed lived in and hide a way from the limelight. This job had been the perfect seclusion needed and up until now he has been happy with not being discovered by the press. He needs this time to recover from the events of the last year. The feelings that he experiences upon seeing Andee shock him- unexpected as they are.

In a very short time, they come to mean so much to each other. Two individuals so hurting, both so in need of healing, to find in the other the necessary other half that might give them happiness and joy again, makes a miraculous tale. You feel so for Max and Andrea in their pain and so want them to be happy. Heart warming, though also sad, this is a wonderful story. Definitely recommended reading for all romance fans.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Very sensual

Reviewer: Glenda K. Bauerle
August 4, 2005