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Mary Grace Winters was desperate to escape her abusive husband, for her sake as well as her son's. She runs to Chicago and adopts an assumed name: Caroline Stewart.
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Caroline has worked hard to put her past behind her. She's working as a University secretary while putting herself through law school and raising her fourteen-year-old son, Tom. She's carefully avoided any romantic involvement ... until she meets her new boss, Max Hunter.
Blaming himself for a tragic accident and still haunted by his resulting handicap, Max is drawn to Caroline and is eager to gain her trust. Slowly, Caroline's self-protective walls break down and the two are becoming closer ... But they have no idea that Rob Winters, the man Caroline fought so hard to escape, is closing in on them.
The review of this Book prepared by Jennifer Shaw






Warner, Jul 2003, 5.99, 512 pp.
ISBN: 0446612804

In Asheville, North Carolina Mary Grace is hospitalized after a fall down the stairs leaves her battered and partially crippled. Her husband police officer Rob Winters whispers a warning to her to keep quiet that he pushed her. When she begins to heal, she returns home, planning to disappear with their son Robbie before his father kills one of them during one of his control freak outs. Two years later, the opportunity arises and Mary accompanied by Robbie vanishes. Rob thinks they are dead while many law enforcement types think he killed her.

Seven years later, the county sheriff finds a car belonging to Rob in Douglas Lake, Tennessee, but no corpses inside. Rob goes to the locale and finds evidence in the vehicle that makes him believe Mary lives and has his son with him. Irate, he plans to locate her, beat the hell out of her, and take back his boy.

Living in Chicago, Mary works as an office assistant at Carrington College under the name of Caroline Stewart. She and the new head of the history department Dr. Max Hunter are attracted to one another. However, Rob is coming which means no one in her circle is safe.

Though action packed, the story line is character driven. Macho Rob is a sociopath predator who hides his abuse behind a thin caring veneer. Caroline is not the person he used to batter, having improved herself once she got out from under his oppression. Readers will admire her courage, but feel anguish and dismay at a support system that failed her while hoping that true justice prevails.

Harriet Klausner

The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner



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Plot & Themes

Time/era of story    -   2000+ (Present Day) Action/suspense subplot?    -   Yes Action:    -   chased by authorities/family Struggling with whom?    -   Husband Inner struggle subplot    -   Yes Struggle with...    -   angst over abusive past lover    -   guilt over a mistake leading to death If one lover chases another...    -   they alternate Family focus?    -   Yes Family, hating    -   Yes Disability or addiction?    -   physical disability/sickness/injury

Main Male Character

Profession/status:    -   teacher Age/status:    -   20's-30's Sex makes him    -   confident    -   blissful    -   sensitive    -   a better lover

Main Female Character

Age/status:    -   20's-30's Profession/status:    -   secretary Effect of sexing    -   confident    -   a better lover    -   blissful    -   mature

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast    -   Midwest City?    -   Yes City:    -   Chicago

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   generic/vague references to death/punishment    -   moderately detailed references to deaths What % of story is romance related?    -   70%    -   80% How explicit is the sex?    -   vague references only    -   descript of kissing    -   touching of anatomy    -   actual description of sex    -   Boob talk    -   Vagia talk Focus of story    -   Her    -   equally on him and her How much dialog    -   significantly more dialog than descript    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much sexing?    -   3-4 sex acts

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