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Beacon of Love
Beacon of Love
Beacon of Love
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Older and wiser, it should have been easy to go home...

Twenty-five years ago Stephanie left beautiful Eugene, Oregon, and her beautiful best friend behind. She also left behind her parents' bitter warfare and the truth that her feelings for Paula weren't about friendship. Meeting again after all these years, Stephanie is more certain that ever that she will always love Paula.

As Paula copes with the loss of her mother, family secrets and bigotry unravel around her, leaving Stephanie the one guiding light in her life. Finally, she can see where their undeniable closeness could lead. But when she reaches out, Stephanie's family pulls her away, leaving them both far from any safe shore.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBella Books
Release dateFeb 11, 2016
ISBN9781594939266
Beacon of Love
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Ann Roberts

Ann Roberts is the author of numerous romance and general fiction books, as well as the award-winning Ari Adams mystery series. Ann is a native Arizonan who should have been born near an ocean and a lighthouse. She loves to find a beach whenever possible and has set several of her stories near the Pacific Ocean. She recently married her partner after nearly twenty-one years together, and she wonders how such a wonderful woman would tolerate living with a writer for so long.For many years Ann was an English teacher and was thrilled every time a high school student found the joy of writing. While many of her budding author protégées promised to split the royalties of their future best sellers with her, she has yet to see a check from any of them.Ann enjoys a good joke, excellent red wine, watching movies, debating social issues, reading (of course!), going to plays and spending time with friends. She loves hearing from readers and can be reached through her website, annroberts.net or on Facebook.Lambda Literary AwardsPoint of Betrayal, Finalist, Lesbian Mystery.Beacon of Love, Finalist, Lesbian Romance.GCLS Goldie AwardsPoint of Betrayal, Winner, Lesbian Mystery/Thriller.Deadly Intersections Finalist, Lesbian Mystery.Alice B. Readers Appreciation CommitteeAnn Roberts: Medalist for body of work 2014.

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    Stephanie and Paula were inseparable best friends from grade school through high school. Then Paula wanted to take their friendship to the next level and Stephanie couldn’t. After graduation, they went their separate ways. Twenty-five years later, Stephanie has returned to their hometown, leaving her 18-year-old son and cheating husband in Phoenix. Paula returns to town when her mother, Francine, dies. The two women, who have not forgotten, are reunited at Francine’s funeral. Each woman must deal with loss and new passion. When Stephanie’s husband appears demanding that she return to him or he will expose her as a lesbian, Stephanie must make a decision that will not only affect her life, but Paula’s as well.Roberts has written a multi-layered book that twists and turns like a mountain road. Each chapter has a new - and unexpected - revelation that will keep the reader turning pages to find out not only what the author will reveal next, but what the characters will do with the new information. None of the revelations are contrived or convenient, all make sense within the context of the story.This is a well written book about love, loss, redemption, and parenthood. Rivers intertwines her characters like a helix and slowly unveils the truth about each one. For instance, Debbie, Stephanie’s mother, continues to embarrass her daughter at every turn just as she did when Stephanie was growing up. In the capable hands of Roberts, Debbie, like the other characters, is a complicated character who, in the end, is revealed to be flawed, yes, but also deeper than what she appears to be on the surface.Roberts doesn’t waste words in her writing. She uses words wisely to reveal her characters and her story. For instance, she writes, “The greedy monster that was time ate up their friendship . . . .” This image of time as a “greedy monster” reveals so much about friendship in general and the friendship of Stephanie and Paula. Nicely done.This is one of those books that sneaks up on the reader. There aren’t a lot of bells and whistles, it doesn’t shout at you, nor does it hit you over the head. It is, however, well written and in a quiet way, the characters and their story will stay with you long after you finish the book and put it aside.

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