Review: Highly recommend for everyone!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2012
Barbara Taylor Sissel's The Ninth Step is well-plotted and superbly written. It's a Jodi Picoult-style story of unforgettable loss, forgiveness and redemption.As a young bride Livie Saunders was left at the altar. She worked hard to rebuild her life, using her knowledge of the language of flowers to build a business. She's successful except for the secret "red dress/stiletto heels nights." Nights with consequences that catch up with her at the same time her wayward fiancé, Cotton O'Dell, returns.A recovering alcoholic Cotton came back to make amends for the wrongs in his past according to the Ninth Step of AA's Twelve Steps.  He sends Livie messages in the floral language she taught him when they were together seeking forgiveness. But has he come back too late? Can a love lost ever be recaptured? Are there some actions too awful to be forgivable?Don't miss this remarkable, compelling story that will keep you engaged to the unexpected end. And keep a tissue box close by. Ms. Sissel is good at conveying her character's emotions.