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Book Review of Nights in Rodanthe

Nights in Rodanthe
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Reeling with heartache after her husband abandons her for a younger woman, Adrienne Willis flees to the small costal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, to tend to a friends inn. Here she hopes to find the tranqiulity she so desperately needs to rething her life. But almost as soon as she get there, a major storm is forecast and a guest named Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. At fifty-four, Paul has just sold his medical practice and is trying to escape his own shattered past. Now, with a fierce nor'easter closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort and in one weekend set in motion feeling tha will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.