"Read this book when the weather outside is cold and snowy because the heat generated in its pages is more than enough to melt any ice formed around your home, therefore making it almost unbearable to endure in the summer sun."
Anne, a divorced mother of two sons, is a woman well ahead
of her time in August 1953. During the three years she has
been divorced, her ex-husband's best friend, Charlie, has
been an invaluable friend to her and the boys. He began
taking responsibility for all the things that Frank had
once done. Charlie mowed the lawn, fixed broken pipes,
attended the boys' school and sporting events with Anne,
and anything else she needed him to do. It was little
wonder that she fell in love with Charlie. However,
Charlie, also divorced, knows that he is no prize catch for
a woman with marriage on her mind. In fact, Charlie has a
couple of secrets of his own that keep him far away from
loving Anne.
It is this sudden coldness from Charlie that has Anne on
the road to a retreat for a couple of weeks to mend her
broken heart. On the way, her old vehicle breaks down and
refuses to get going again. She is saved by a mysterious
and gorgeous man who arrives on a motorcycle and refuses to
leave her there alone. Trey, the stranger, arranges for a
tow truck to pick up her vehicle and then insists on taking
Anne to her destination via his motorcycle.
The sexual heat between Anne and Trey forms quickly and
before long, they find themselves in bed. A nosey busy body
has taken it upon herself to inform Charlie of this turn of
events so it is not long before he arrives on the scene.
Still not certain why he wants to stop this or how he will
go about it, Charlie surprises Anne at her retreat cottage
and involves her in a highly erotic encounter on her little
porch. After Anne succumbs to her desire, however, Charlie
runs away again, leaving Trey to pick up the pieces.
Trey has an agenda of his own in this trio and he is
determined to sort everything out. When he sets up Charlie
in a situation where honesty is the only way out, things
definitely come to a sexual peak.
Jane Thompson did something a bit out of the ordinary in
her book. Anne would have been considered quite liberated
even in the 21st century, but Ms. Thompson made this story
even more arousing by placing her firmly in the 1950's.
This was an era where "nice" women just did not talk about
sexual things, let alone engage in them. Anne is not only a
sexual being, but she satisfies her desires in ways that
are shocking for that time period.
A definite page turner, this book will leave you breathless
with longings of your own throughout. Taking this journey
with Anne may just leave you wanting even more.
It’s 1953 and Ann Reynolds can’t seem to get into the
expansively perky spirit of the new decade. After the
struggles and derivations of the past twenty years, she
feels guilty she’s not as happy as everyone keeps telling
her she should be. There’s something missing from her life
and she thinks it might very well be her. After dropping her
sons off at summer camp, Ann sets out on a journey to
discover what’s left of her life when she removes her kids,
their schedules and, maybe hardest of all, Charlie Atwood.
Charlie is Ann’s ex-husband’s ex-golf buddy. He likes to
tell people Ann got him in the divorce settlement along with
the dog and a stack of old Saturday Evening Posts. Ann isn’t
sure why Charlie has stuck around to help since her husband
left three years ago but she knows the time has come to
relieve him of active duty. If Charlie was interested in a
permanent place in her life he would have let her know by
now, and Ann can no longer pretend that what they have
between them is enough to sustain her.
When Charlie finds out about Ann’s plan to take a solo
driving trip down the coast, he is relieved. After three
years standing in for his old golf buddy, a break is exactly
what he needs. And if the break becomes permanent, well,
Charlie can’t say he didn’t see it coming. He isn’t husband
material and it’s become increasingly obvious that Ann needs
more from him than he can ever give her.
Then Charlie hears Ann’s added a passenger to her journey,
Trey, a man no one has ever met before. As the gossip
regarding the scandalous behavior exhibited between the
normally oh-so proper Ann and her handsome stranger reaches
him, Charlie feels honor bound to make sure the man isn’t
out for just one thing. Ann deserves better, which is
exactly why he’s kept his hands to himself all these years.
But if all Ann is looking for is a summer fling…well, hell,
Charlie isn’t opposed to helping her out one last time. And
he’s got no problem if her new friend wants to come along
for the ride.
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