“It’s the third book in The Mystery, Moxie, and Suspense Series, and tells of a couple who initially exhibited all the elements for success, but who have become distant and disappointed with each other.
Paloma’s husband is spending more and more time traveling away from home, leaving Paloma and their son, Liam, alone. A successful ranch manager and home flipper, Paloma has plenty of resources and intelligence. What she doesn’t really have is reciprocal love … even though she loves Jim “beyond all measure.”
Kelly K. Lavender crafts a powerful saga of managing romance, life, a ranch and divergent worlds with an eye to building concurrent suspense and emotional revelations.
Romance readers may not expect the element of intrigue that runs through Paloma and Jim’s worlds, but this adds value to the story by exploring family dynamics and the shifting nature of love in unexpected ways….
Motivated by the need to love and be loved, but embracing higher-level purposes and thinking, Paloma’s realistic self-assessments and conflict resolution efforts translate to a story that is a cut above romance even as it is delivered steeped in heartfelt emotional entanglements and relationships. Her mandate to follow her heart against all odds creates compelling realizations about commitment and certainty as the story’s relationships evolve and change.
The result is a satisfying blend of love and intrigue that will attract a much broader audience than the usual romance. Always Yearning, Always, Fraying, Yet Staying offers insights on the motivations to leave, stay, or transform that will also prompt librarians to highly recommend it to book clubs and women’s reading groups.”
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