Finding Ian

By Stella Cameron

Book Overview

Whether penning historical romances or suspenseful romantic thrillers, Stella Cameron has dazzled us time and time again. Now, this New York Times bestselling author turns her impressive talents to a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821770829
• ISBN13: 9780821770825
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Finding Ian

Byron Frazer made the difficult decision to give his infant son up for adoption after the death of his young wife. Thirteen years later, he finds out through the detective he hired to keep tabs on his son that his sons' adoptive parents have died and is living with relatives. Byron decides to go to Cornwall, England and see if his son is ok and rents a cottage for the summer. While there he meets Jade a woman with a step- daughter she obviously adores and her lovable dog Dog and begins to find love again. I really liked this book alot, you will laugh, cry and feel better after reading Finding Ian. If you havent read Finding Ian yet, get to the bookstore or library and do yourself a favor and read it, you will be glad you did.

Her Very Best

Stella does it again, with her no nonsense and deeply poignant story line. I fell in love with Ian and his father. Finding Ian is Stella Cameron at her very best!

Spirit Wrenching -- Heart Warming -- Great Read

FINDING IAN is different from the contemporary mysteries, the romantic suspense novels and the historicals that Stella Cameron has written in the past years. And different is NOT bad! In fact, it is very very good!FINDING IAN is a book of the heart. At 21 years of age Byron had it all - an adoring wife, a newborn son - until one was taken by death and the other rejected as Byron launched himself into a downward spiral of grief and pain. Byron believed he made the right decision; in the arms of another couple, his son would find contentment that Byron felt he could not provide. However, fate had a different idea. Thirteen years later, Byron learns his son's adoptive parents have died and the boy has been sent to Cornwall, England to live with unknown relatives. Impulsively, Byron decides to go find his son, Ian, to make certain all is well. It is in this strange land -- at least to Byron and Ian, across an ocean from all that is familiar -- his home, his career, his life -- that Byron finally confronts the decision he made years before, the love he has denied and the pain he suffered.In Cornwall, Byron finds not only Ian, but a true love with Jade. Spirited and part of a different culture, Jade fights her own past to protect Ian, yet build a new relationship that embraces both her family and her newfound love with Byron. It is the ultimate love story, one that many of us hope to have.I think that people who are fans of Stella's work will be gifted with a real treat with FINDING IAN, and people who have never read Stella will put 'Stella Cameron' on their auto buy list. Of course, that is just my opinion. But I base it on decades of reading hundreds of books each year.

Wonderful read!

Stella's new story really hits home. How many of us know, really, really know what it's like to be a lonely and hurting child?I found myself relating to Ian in so many ways. He feels neglected and hurt and wants nothing more than to have someone around who loves him and who he can actually consider a parent. He's in a rough spot because he has no real family, and the desertion he feels is evident.Byron, the father who made the decision to give Ian up was one of my favorite characters (and the dog). To be put in that kind of position was incredibly hard on him and it's all he can do to not allow that part of his life to resurface. At first, it seems like he doesn't "care" that much about his son. After all, he did give him up instead of taking care of him, right? However, with all the demons chasing him around, it becomes apparent why he made the choices he made. It becomes obvious, too, that he regrets his previous decisions and wants nothing more than to see his son safe and loved...

Excellent drama. This author is a great storyteller

Thirteen years ago, when he was twenty-one, Byron Frazier watched his beloved wife Lori die while giving birth to their child. Unable to cope with a newborn, Byron gives his son up for adoption. However, feeling guilty, he hires a private detective to keep tabs on the lad.The adopted parents of Byron's son recently die. The lad, Ian Spring, has left America to live with his spinster Aunt Muriel in a remote Cornish village. Byron, now a famous family psychiatrist, worries about his son's happiness and decides to see him.. He travels to Fowry and meets his son. He also meets Ian's older cousin Jade Perron, who returns the life that Byron lost when Lori died. As Byron and Jade fall in love, he does not know what to do to help Ian in spite of the media dubbing him as the world's greatest authority on family and children.Stella Cameron is renowned for her taut romantic suspense novels (see GLASS HOUSE). However, the best-selling author has successfully switched gears, providing her audience with a family relationship drama that will shake the core of the audience. The story line works because the reader will feel Byron's pain and grief as well as his resurrection through Ian and Jade. FINDING IAN proves that Ms. Cameron is a multi-talented author as fans of contemporary relationship drama will testify after reading this powerful book.Harriet Klausner