"learning to trust and love again"
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted October 30, 2012
Romance Contemporary | Romance
How does someone escape their past or should we ask if it's
even possible. Sometimes the past we are running from isn't
the result of our own making or mistakes. It's the reality
we were born into and the environment we grew up in. That's
sometimes what we need to run from. Hopefully there is
something bright and wonderful to run to. Molly O'Keefe
teaches some important lessons in this unexpectedly biting
story. Her message is clear - faith, trust and love are the
real tools of survival. Simply put life was crappy for Billy Wilkins. The one
bright spot in a dismal frightening family life was his
hockey. He scrimped and saved for equipment and ice time.
This was his escape and if his plans worked hockey would be
his way out of this destructive lifestyle. His fortune grew
when fates smiled on him when Maddy befriended his sister
Denise.
Maddy and Billy developed a strong bond and love which
culminated into marriage at a very young age. They were
both too young. But the possibility of being apart was more
frightening then the challenge of making a young marriage
work especially with Billy's NHL career. Lots of road games
mean separations but the two of them are determined to be
together, Billy is adamant that Maddy be with him. He
needs her. He loves her. She wais his life. It is difficult to live up to those demands and as life
intrudes and the realities of hockey and the players it becomes
evident their marriage can't handle the pressures. Maddy
begins to feel as if she is losing herself but what she
really means is that she needs to be more than just
Billy's adoring wife. She needs to explore herself. And
instead of fighting to keep what is good in their marriage
she runs. The divorce allowes her to follow her dream of
having her own valuable identity. She is a host of a
Dallas morning show and her future looks bright. The price
is heavy. Her personal life is void of friends and love.
It seems innocent enough when her producers decided to
shake things up. Their subject fell into their creative
laps. Billy Wilkins had an explosive last game of the
season which looked like a NHL career killer. They proposed
a makeover to his agent who felt it might make him more
likable. His reputation as a thug and fighter were over
riding his real hockey abilities. This makeover would give
him positive coverage for a change. How were they to know that the host is his ex wife Maddy.
There is no connection between Maddy and Billy, she has
taken steps to distance herself from him. But now here he
is, larger than life, still the man who makes her heart
race and he is doing his best to let her know he wants
her back. This show is going to be the catalyst for changes in both
their lives. Billy is going to have to step up and take
on responsibilities he has basically turned a blind eye on.
Maddy is going to realize this isn't the man she divorced
so many years ago. This is a very good man. But does she
have the guts to try again. All he has to do is play by her rules. Tough assignment
for the guy holding the league's record for most minutes in
the penalty box CRAZY THING CALLED LOVE is no light hearted fare. O'Keefe
keeps the momentum
of the present story going at a breathtaking pace with well
placed visits back to the past providing insight into these
characters. What made them the people we meet today. She
reminds us not to judge paths people take, decisions they
make. Don't judge until you've walked in my shoes.
SUMMARY
Dallas TV morning show host Madelyn Cornish is poised,
perfect, and unflappable, from her glossy smile to her sleek
professionalism. No one knows that her iron will guards a
shattered heart and memories of a man she’s determined to
lock out. Until that man shows up at a morning meeting like
a bad dream: Billy Wilkins, sexy hockey superstar in a
tailspin—still skating, still fighting, and still her
ex-husband. Now the producers want this poster child for bad behavior to
undergo an on-air makeover, and Billy, who has nothing to
lose, agrees to the project. It’s his only chance to get
near Maddy again, and to fight for the right things this
time around. He believes in the fire in Maddy’s whiskey eyes
and the passion that ignites the air between them. This
bad-boy heartbreaker wants a last shot to be redeemed by the
only thing that matters: Maddy’s love.
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