The Way Home
Sweet Passion
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A novel in the Sweet Passion series.
Class bigotry is alive and well in the small southern town of Gaines. The residents of the affluent Rosemont section hold the less fortunate residents of the Dusttown section in disdain. As a young girl from Dusttown in love with a boy from Rosemont, Marlena Rhodes experienced the pain that kind of bigotry inflicts. While that bigotry destroyed her relationship with her first love, Winston Taylor, it made Marlena determined to prove the bigots of her hometown wrong. When she comes back to town as an acclaimed attorney, Marlena finds things haven’t changed much, including her feelings for Winston and his for her. Will new winds of bigotry and secrets from the past destroy their second chance at love, or will their love overcome their detractors, the biggest of whom is Winston’s mother.
"A realistic, romantic tale of regaining lost love! Ms. Benson writes from the heart and it is reflected in her characters. Readers will be thrilled with Angela Benson's newest love story!" – The Literary Times
". . . with THE WAY HOME, [Angela Benson] emerges as a writer of great depth, sensitivity, and unparalleled talent." –Romantic Times Top Pick! 4.5/5 stars
"The WAY HOME is an intense, and satisfying read. . . At the end of the book, one is left with a feeling of contentment; that not only have you enjoyed a wonderful love story but that you've been privileged to catch a glimpse of black culture."--Romance in Color, 5/5 stars
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Old secrets and all-too-current class warfare are the motivations in this latest book by the author of Between the Lines. After a long absence, the nationally renowned African American attorney, Marlena Rhodes, has headed south to her home town of Gaines. A child from the wrong side of the tracks, she finds that little has changed in the divided town and Gaines' black elite is as insular as ever. One exception is Winston Taylor, Marlena's ex-fiance. He's determined to bring Marlena back home, both as part of a program called "The Way Home" aimed at bringing Gaines natives back, but also because he's clearly still in love with her. Another candidate for relocation, Marty Jones, also threatens to upset the life of Marlena's best friend Cheryl Morgan, the divorced mother of yet another young woman tormented by the class divide. The big problem is that instead of action, there is talk and most of that sounds like it's culled from the minutes of an AA meeting: "Let's talk about this some more;" or "Did you tell her again how it makes you feel when Tim drops in for a few days?" Benson has done better.
