A Forever Family

By Jamie Sobrato

Book Overview

This is so not what she expected. Promise Lake is supposed to launch single mom Emmy Van Amsted's new life. It's not supposed to be her past revisited. But thanks to the unwelcome tenant in the family home, that's exactly what's happening. And the tenant is none other than her college sweetheart Aidan Caldwell--the man whose marriage proposal she turned down flat. The awkwardness doesn't end there, however. Emmy is still very attracted to Aidan. But she has a clear vision for her future. Which is why she can't get involved with him...no matter what sparks fly between them. That's just asking for trouble, isn't it? Or is Aidan her chance to create the family she's always wanted?

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373715366
• ISBN13: 9780373715367
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

wonderful second chance at love romance

Following her divorce from her Nob Hill banker husband seeking spirituality in Tibet, architect Emmy Van Amsted and her son move into her family's vacation home in Promise Lake, California. She vowed no men besides her family, but is taken aback when her Stanford University sweetheart, military peacekeeper Aidan Caldwell is also residing in the cottage at the invitation of her father. Emmy is a bit abashed because she dumped Aidan to marry her now ex spouse. Emmy is outraged that she and her son are consigned to the one-room guest cottage as Aidan has the main house. However, she begins to change her mind when she realizes Aidan suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder following his captivity as a war hostage. Emmy feels she owes Aidan whose proposal she rejected and helps him regain his equilibrium even as she concludes she still loves her former lover. The subplots involving a hidden treasure and a seemingly ghost serve as background to a wonderful second chance at love romance. The key theme of the story line is the basic need to belong with being loved and to love the prime elements. Aidan knows first hand the horrors of war as he has described in "From Through a Soldier's Eyes", but that writing has not freed him from his nightmares; Emmy's love has though he fears she will leave again; and watching her with her son are the keys to give him hope, something he lost overseas. This is a strong character driven tale though some might insist love cannot heal all wounds; others like Aidan will counter with it helps. Harriet Klausner