New Beginnings
by JM Dragon and Erin O'Reilly
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Author: JM Dragon and Erin O'ReillyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-01
ISBN: 1933113766
Number of pages: 278
Publisher: Intaglio Publications
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Book Review: A tale of two sisters
Summary: 4 Stars
New Beginnings is the story of two sisters who don't know they exist for each other. One was rejected as a child by a woman who was too selfish and immature to keep her. The other was raised by that woman who was distant because she was being haunted by the first secret for many years.
Lauren Walker is at a crossroads in her life. Her career as a doctor doing research on terminal patients isn't as fulfilling as it once was. She would like to be doing more to enjoy life and has retreated to her woodland cabin to think about how that might be accomplished. Maggie Sullivan literally crashes into her life when she tries to canoe down the river near the cabin and finds she can't handle the rapids. The attraction the two feel for each other is immediate, but then threatened when Maggie reveals that she works for a company that is famous for taking small towns and developing them, causing them to lose their unique character. Now the company wants to develop the town that Lauren's family practically owns and Lauren's mother is supporting the idea. As the women struggle to deal with the situation, family secrets are revealed and tragedy follows. Out of the conflict comes the knowedge that Lauren has a sister she has never known about, a sister her mother would now like to find, a sister who has no interest in meeting either of them.
Harriet "Harry" Aristides knows she was abandoned by her parents and left to be raised by an uncle, but it doesn't matter any more. She has made a successful life for herself as CEO of a major pharmaceutical company, which has become her whole life after the deaths in an accident of her partner Abby and the baby they were expecting. Her dedication to developing new drugs leads her to the wilds of Brazil with a very reluctant research scientist Nicky Ralston in tow. Nicky had vowed to never return to that environment after leaving her parents who were field researchers, but she finds she is under Harry's spell and has a growing attraction for the lonely woman. As they struggle through the jungle, Nicky wonders how she is going to explain to Harry that the scientists they are looking for are her parents and what will happen when an even bigger secret that Nicky has been keeping is revealed. The women might have a chance at love if Harry can learn to open herself up and trust again, but what Nicky has to tell her may destroy any chance for that happening.
New Beginnings is an unusual book. The first story seems somewhat rushed and in need of some fleshing out. The second story makes the book however. The characters of Harriet and Nicky are well developed and the relationship between them proceeds at a logical pace. The reader might start the book and consider not completing it, but this is one of those cases when you need to just keep reading. You'll be glad you did because it's quite satisfying at the end.
Summary of New Beginnings
Four women on a journey which draws them together. Lauren Walker and Maggie Sullivan meet in a quiet lakeside vacation point and are instantly attracted to each other. The speed of their romance is only superseded by the pace of events that crash around them. Harriet Aristides believes she will never truly be happy again after a terrible accident robs her of the woman she loves. Nicky Ralston innocently sets about to change the way Harriet looks at life and love, but will the secret Nicky hides alter the way Harriet views their friendship. NEW BEGINNINGS is an odyssey inextricably linked around the lives of four women. They each fight their own personal demons to find the strength to love amid a curious mix of intrigue, deception and finally understanding.Fiction Books
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