title: River of Pretense
author: Stone, Leslie
description: Three women come to terms with the tragic events of their pasts as they forge a troika of friendship while on a Holiday river cruise. Set along the beautiful Danube and Rhine Rivers each faces the painful reality of her life in a story told with disarming frankness and heartbreaking poignancy. Guided by a handsome young tour manager who is torn between his career and his questionable motives and inspired by an elderly Priest with secrets of his own, the three women find solace and understanding as each discovers the power of releasing self-imposed guilt and anger.