Leisa Yeats has a good life.She has a loving family, her
relationship with her wife of ten years, Nan, couldn’t be better and she enjoys
her job working with children.
Suddenly within weeks, everything changed and Leisa’s well
ordered life spirals downwards out of control.
Leisa has always known she was adopted, but never asked for
any details. Then she discovers a web of secrets and lies her parents have kept
from her for years. Now Leisa begins to question her whole beginning and
existence.
Unfortunately at almost the same time, her relationship with
Nan goes on the rocks. Nan has kept a deep dark secret from Leisa the whole of
their time together. Leisa has totally lost her trust for Nan and her faith in
their relationship. Will she ever be able to forgive Nan?
Everything Leisa held dear and believed in has come tumbling
down around her and is being swept away. In her haste for some normality in her
life, Leisa lets the wrong people in. Leisa is lost and floundering in the
stormy waters of her once calm and well ordered life. Who can Leisa reach out
to? Who can Leisa hold on to as she is tossed around in the muddied waters of
the storm?
Another superbly well written, turbulent, blockbuster of a
story from the very talented master storyteller, Caren J Werlinger. This is a
story of strife and new beginnings. A story with real, true to life characters
that will stay with me for a long time. This isn’t an emotionally easy read, but
has some nice light hearted humor to lighten the darkness.
This story fits in so well with the title. How life can be on
an even keel, ticking along nicely, then something like a virtual monsoon comes
along to devastate it. One thing piles on top of another, destruction and
upheaval reign supreme, then the waters go down and life begins to once again
get back on track. Not without more stormy waters along the way though. Once the
monsoon is over, life can begin again, although not as it once was. Life
changes, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
This story of Leisa and Nan’s lives got under my skin. I was
gripped from the very first page and I couldn’t get through it quick enough to
find out if their relationship survived against all the odds. These two well
developed, multifaceted characters were backed up by a wealth of equally
wonderful characters. Some good, some bad, but all playing an important part in
the story.
Caren J Werlinger never writes two books with any similarities
in the stories, just consistently good writing. So, when picking up one of her
books, I know I’m in for a refreshingly different read each time with a good
story where romance doesn’t over shadow the plot. Another book for my re-read
folder.
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