Review: Warmth, Compassion And Humanity
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
Wendy S Marcus is a special author for me.  Up until I started reading her books, I had a sort of phobia about reading books with sexual content.  I sort of felt I had to run to confession or something.  But when I started reading the work of this then new-for-me author and enjoyed the rich warmth and humanity of her writing, I realized (yes, at 48) that sexual activity is as much a part of life as any other aspect of living.  The shyness melted away and I was cured of that particular phobia.This is part of the Piermont Sisters duo and the second promises to be just as interesting.  Jaci Piermont could have led the life of a carefree socialite, but she wants to make a difference to society.  Her work as a public health nurse and social worker for abused women brings her into the most dangerous places in New York, but her courage will hit you right between the two eyes.  This woman is a powerhouse.  Her love affair with war hero Ian really rocks.  She gave him everything right before he went away to war and promised to wait for him.  He came back bruised and damaged.  She's still there for him.  But things have changed.  His comrades-in-arms were killed and now he has responsibilities to the wife and kids of his dead 'brothers', the only family he's ever known.  So can this pair of amazing individuals overcome their differences and get with each other?  Yes, it's the old cliche again, you'll have to read the book to find out, but I guarantee you, you will enjoy every moment.  Wendy is up to the mark as ever and will give you a read you will not forget in a hurry.  There's a special ingredient in this story - the humour.  Like when Jaci tells her sister that Ian's back and Jena responds without missing a beat 'the one we had the menage with?'  She's referring to the time when a rumour circulated that Ian had had an affair with both sisters, owing to the fact that he had a bikini shot of the twin sisters on his locker (the only photo of Jaci he had).  The rumour had gone viral much to the disgust of the girls' brother.  It's always the humour in Wendy S Marcus' work which I enjoy most.Read this and you'll get an enthralling contemporary love story and learn a lot about domestic violence and and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  Hey, don't let me put you off.  These topics are part of life too.  But they don't have to be the end of the world.  Because as Wendy S Marcus shows us, there's always hope.  That and the healing power of love.