Review: a definite keeper!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
Destination Wedding is yet another wonderfully written story by Deanna Lynn Sletten. I knew that I was going to have a hard time putting it down once I started reading.Claire was looking forward to her daughter Mandy's wedding that was going to take place on a small island. She was looking forward to spending a week on a warm beach and not in cold & snowy Minnesota. What she was not looking forward to was seeing her ex husband again, who had left her for a younger woman four years earlier. Claire had worked hard to put her life back together after the shock & surprise when her husband of 20 years left her.Jim regrets more than anything the mistake that he made when he left his wife for Diane, a younger woman. Diane has made Jim's life miserable and now they are getting a divorce. Jim is hoping to finally be able to apologize to Claire and let her know how much he regrets what he did to their family.Things are tense between Jim & Claire(to put it mildly. The confrontations are pretty funny) when they first see each other again. Different situations put the two together quite often during the week stay on the island. They are able to "clear the air" of things that were never said years earlier. As they spend more time together, the more they realize that they still have feelings for each other. Problem is, that Claire was proposed to by her boyfriend right before she left for vacation.I have to say that I absolutely loved how Jim was able to help Claire work through her fear of heights while they are on the island. He seemed like such a wonderful person who just got "lost" in life but knows what is important to him and wants to make things better again.The author's detailed description of the island, the shops and buildings, along with the activities that the characters participated in has me wanting to make a reservations to go visit the island!!Is Claire and Jim able to rekindle a relationship or has there been to much emotional damage done to be more than friends? Will Claire accept her boyfriend's proposal because she knows it is a safe relationship??Desination Wedding was a very heartfelt story that dealt with forgiveness, love and new beginnings. I would highly recommend this book.......and author to anybody