Love
It is only fitting I should write of love on Valentine’s Day. We dream of love, write songs about love, but how many of us knows what love is? Love stories give us an example of the author’s idea of love. Written on the page and adapted until it is perfect, but love is seldom perfect. So many of us have had our view of love battered and torn until we don’t reconize it when we see it. So what is love?
The Story – Thrill Me
Maya Farlow’s mother married a man she barely knew and they moved to Fool’s Gold, California. Maya inherited two brothers and for a short period she learned what it was like to have a home and people who cared for her. But her mother didn’t know how to be happy and the marriage soon ended. They continued to live in Fool’s Gold and Maya continued to see her two half brothers. It was a little dysfunctional, but it was family.
In Thrill Me, the author picks up the story line some years later. Maya all those years ago ran from a young man who loved her. She was scared of trusting anyone, much less a man who claimed to love her and wanted to spend the rest of his life taking care of her. Maya and Del are both back in Fool’s Gold and if they are honest, the love has not died, but has grown!
Susan Mallery writes exceptional stories of small town life. She walks you through a town built on friendship, caring and festivals and introduces you to the citizens of Fool’s Gold. You see two people who cared very deeply for one another as teenagers find a love that is worth fighting for and through it all you get to know the people that care for them. It’s a great story that will keep you entertained.
If you are a Susan Mallery fan you need to read this one. If you have never read any of Susan’s books then this is a good place to start.
Happy reading, Linda
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