I love this book. Maybe it's the rich girl findng love in with the poor guy. Maybe it's seeing right win in the end. Maybe it's the home Sabrina made in the country with Derek. Could be the working out of major family problems. Whatever, it is a great read and I've reread it many, many times.
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In more than sixty books, Barbara Delinsky has made an indelible mark on American readers with her unforgettable novels. Here the New York Times bestselling author of The Vineyard, Lake News, and Three Wishes tells a deeply emotional and suspenseful tale of a woman torn between the hopes she has for herself and her family and the needs of the man she loves...
Writer Sabrina Stone had married wealthily and unwisely. Her husband's refusal to love their handicapped son added more strrain to an already failing relationship. Yet Sabrina feels a commitment to her marriage--one that she has vowed to honor.
Then one day, she encounters an investigative reporter named Derek McGill who is writing a story on parents of special children. They speak for only a few minutes, but it is long enough for the two of them to feel a desire that stuns them...a desire they both assume must remain unfulfilled.
Eighteen months later Sabrina's husband is divorcing her and Derek McGill is in prison for murder. Following an impulse, Sabrina travels to Derek's prison to tell him that she believes in his innocence. What started as an act of compassion will turn into a ddangerous and passionate test of her courage as she tries to uncover who engineered Derek's conviction. And she will discover the meaning of one of the most important commitments of all--the one a woman makes to herself. The one that will determine the course of her life...and the fate of the dreams she has for her child.
A very good book as are all of Delinsky's writings. Romance and suspence combine to make a hard to put down book.
Love this book (and this author.) The whole innocent-ex-con thing really does it for me.
I just recently finished reading this book. Once again, Barbara Delinsky does not disappoint. The contents/subject matters in all of her books are thought provoking. Her characters are realistic and her style of writing compels you to want to keep reading more. This was a fantastic book - I have yet to read anything she has published that I haven't enjoyed. I highly recommend this to anyone who may be a fan of her writing.
Sabrina Stone married wealthy and unwisely. And she's paying the price, wedded to a man who refuses to accept their handicapped son and denying her attraction to reporter Derek McGill, who interviews her for a story on parents of special children. Months later, in the midst of a divorce, Sabrina receives a shock" Derek has been unjustly convicted of murder. Impulsively she visits him in prison - and what begins as an act of compassion soon turns into a dangerous and passionate test of courage. For as she tries to save him, Sabrina will discover the most important commitment of all, one that will determine the course of her life, the fate of her child, and the measure of her love.
I have always loved anything that Barbara Delinsky writes.
I love every Barbara Delinsky book. They are written about real people that I can relate to.