Review: Recommended!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
Laura is in a relationship with Simon, who is more attentive to his ex-wife and his balance sheet than he is to her.  When she falls pregnant he shows his true colours and isn’t there when she needs him most. James, a widower of two years, is the perfect gentleman but with a deep sorrow of his own which encompasses his whole character and stops anyone human really getting close to him. Maggie, Laura’s sister, has problems of her own and thinks the grass is greener on her sister’s side of the fence but she couldn’t be more wrong.As usual Jan Ruth gives us a delightful and emotive novel in this tale from the mountains of Wales. She writes in a way which lets you share the emotions of all the characters she creates with ease; she just doesn’t do wooden characters. I liked both Laura and James immediately and I was swept up in this story. What I liked about this story in particular was how Jan Ruth handled the depth of personal loss which both the main characters were undertaking to come to grips with.