"A touching contemporary ghost story"
After her most recent miscarriage and unwilling to risk the
health of his beloved wife Glenna, Blake Tanner reluctantly
agrees when she presses him to go along with her plans to
use a surrogate mother to have "their" baby. Greg Halpern,
her obstetrician, and Blake's childhood friend, agrees to
find the right woman. His secretary Sandy suggests her
widowed sister Erin as a possible candidate. Erin has a
young son who desperately needs an operation that Erin
can't afford. All parties are in accord and the conception
is completed, without Blake ever having to meet this woman
who will give birth to his baby, or knowing any details of
her life or why she has agreed to this scheme. Then tragedy strikes and Glenna is killed. A grief-stricken
Blake wants nothing to do with the baby Glenna wanted so
much, or with a woman who is willing to sell her unborn
child. Erin does not know what to do or where to turn when
she learns that Blake no longer wants the baby. Enter Glenna the ghost. She finds she is not willing or
able to seek her rest until she untangles this mess she has
left behind. Her solution? To do what she can to get Blake
and Erin to fall in love and make a happy family for the
baby she wanted so much. She doesn't know how she will be
able to bear the reality of Blake with another woman, but
she knows she will have to if it means he can get on with
his life and be happy again. My advice is to have plenty of tissues handy when you read
HEAVEN ABOVE. Poor Blake is so torn between his growing
feelings for Erin and his loyalty to Glenna. Erin has to
deal with pregnancy, falling in love with a man who is
still in love with his dead wife, and the physical problems
of her crippled son. Glenna, well Glenna is dead and trying
to make the best of a bad situation. Then there is the
secondary story of the budding romance between Blake's
friend Greg and Erin's sister Sandy. They have to deal with
his ex-wives and spoiled rotten daughter. Author Sara
Jarrod does a fine job of bringing the turmoil of these
people's lives to the page without becoming overly maudlin
or heavy handed. These characters are all trying to do the
best they can in life and the reader will root for them
every step of the way. Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted October 15, 2002
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted November 11, 2006
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