Swept Away
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- 3,49 €
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- 3,49 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
As the head of a highly regarded child welfare agency, Veronica Overton is one of the most respected women in Baltimore. But when a child placed in foster care is harmed, Veronica is criticized in the media by fiery children's advocate Schyler Henderson. With her reputation in ruins and her confidence shattered, Veronica sets out to rebuild her life. Yet her search leads to family secrets she never knew—and ignites a smoldering attraction to Schyler that she is determined to resist.
Ever since his own traumatic childhood, Schyler has been driven to help children caught in an uncaring system. When he learns that Veronica is actually a kind, capable woman, he's determined to help her uncover the truth about her family and reclaim her good name. Not even the conflict between them can cool their fire and dampen their passion as they battle distrust and pain to save a love they never dared dream of….
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in Baltimore, Forster's (Fools Rush In) legal romance provides a strong heroine but its pace lags under the weight of stilted descriptions. When Schyler Henderson heads a legal case against the children's social service agency run by Veronica Overton, the African-American executive must defend her business and herself. Although Veronica and her agency are cleared of the charges, her reputation is sufficiently damaged, and she decides to take a leave of absence. Not long afterward, she runs into the charismatic Schyler again and the two begin to take action on the sexual attraction they felt when they first met. But when Veronica learns that the wealthy man who adopted and raised Schyler is her own father, who her mother had always said had deserted them, she is faced with the challenge of reconciling her desire for Schyler with the anger she feels toward his family. While the basis for Forster's story is interesting, the execution is flawed. There are several legal factual inconsistencies, and the formal prose style limits the effect of the sexual tension. The result is a plodding, overwritten novel that fails to quicken the reader's heart.
