Embers Of Hope Flickers Of Passion (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
A lot of potential in this book, but once again editing and a rushed ending seemed to get in the way. As a grade one teacher I am used to reading a lot of spelling errors, and while I notice them they do not tend to take away from the writing for me. This time however, I found it to be glaringly obvious. I am not sure why, but it was difficult for me to ignore.I felt that the drama and trauma that these friends were going through was overplayed at times. The build up to the dreaded mediator meeting was huge, and yet very little happened there. The reunion between Jason and Cassie was also very quick and down-played, despite that being the premise of the majority of the book. I would have liked to see more ot the relationship with Savanna and her mother as well - they kept saying how great it was, yet the two rarely seemed to communicate.This was a low three for me, reduced to a two if I took into account the editing! SynopsisA year after her divorce from Eric, Savannah returned to her home town, with her daughter Aubrey, to help her best friend, Cassie. Cassie’s husband, Mike, had been a firefighter and had died in a work-related accident. Cassie watched her dreams disappear at his loss. As Savannah and Aubrey stayed with her to help, it became increasingly difficult to deny that it hurt Cassie to look at Aubrey and realize her dream of having a child with Mike was over. She even had a nursery ready in her home.Two and a half years earlier, Savannah had been saved from a fire herself. All she could remember from the accident was looking into the eyes of the fireman who saved her. As she returned, she saw those same eyes again and met Jason, Mike’s best friend.Cassie blamed Jason for Mike’s death, feeling as if he talked Mike into continuing to work as a firefighter. As time passed, Savannah and Aubrey moved out of Cassie’s house to allow her to heal on her own. Jason had offered her a townhouse near his for a much reduced rent. They started to spend more time together, helping each other heal, but hiding their relationship from Cassie to protect her from further pain.Would Cassie be able to grow stronger in herself? Would she be able to forgive Jason? Would Savannah and Aubrey be able to settle in and have both Cassie and Jason on her side?What I thoughtHOT! HOT! HOT! I loved the mix of hurt and passion in this book. The characters were very relatable and the pace was perfect. There were several conflicts in the story, and each kept the story moving to a brilliant ending.
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