 GREAT LOVE STORY!, 2002-04-16
Ah, don't miss this one, truly exceptional!
There are really only three main characters and then others that weave in and out of the story.Staff Sargent Riley Cooper: runs with his canine MP partner, Jasper. They patrol around the Military base, Fort Gordon, Georgia, especially at night. Riley hates entering a dark building at night since he had been wounded and almost died 10 years ago.
Riley has volunteered to work on the weekends supervising youngsters that get into trouble one way or another and are assigned community service hours. Liza Davis: a working mom and divorced from Keith Davis. She has an elevan year old son, a decent house and interfering relatives in the form of two men trying to run her and her sons' life. And fourteen years of guilt and sorrow to contend with. And now she has secrets to keep because of Keith.
Gretchen, Liza's sister, has always been of Riley's side but loving and supportive of Liza's return to Georgia and their families. Thomas James Davis: "TJ" has an attitude problem because of the divorce of his parents. He is led into trouble and of course Riley becomes the arresting officer and TJ is assigned to Riley's group of youngsters on work detail. He comes to Riley with a beligerent, smart-mouthed attitude which tones down until he starts seeing Riley as a threat to his dream of his parents' reuniting. He tries to cause trouble by repeating what he hears of his grandpas' bad-mouthing of Riley. What makes the story so great is that you get pulled into the depth of sorrow felt by these two people and their aborted love affair. It seems impossible that there can be any healing at all for Riley or Liza. Riley has such an emotional pain, lack of trust and a deep rooted hatred as to be almost crippling. [of course that didn't keep him from having affairs through the years].
Liza has such guilt and sorrow at letting those two interfering men manipulate her that she is willing to take anything that Riley cares to dish out. She is willing to settle for an affair if she can't get forgiveness. Riley is willing only to offer an affair to get Liza out of his system and find peace. The story is based on the old proven adage that sex before marriage [lack of morality] causes a lot of problems. Not in itself but because of [and immaturity]. Thanks Oprah, your program has shown this to be true so many times. This story is Highly Recommended if you can stand the emotional tugs of sorrow for the characters. The sex scenes are kind of blah! But all in all this should be a keeper. Love the cover.
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