"Engaging romantic suspense"
Many of the residents of Paradise, Rhode Island observed
the intense argument between Sandra and Victor Winslow.
When their car crashed through a safety railing into the
nearby Sound, Sandra survived, but Victor apparently died
though his body was never found. Ruled an accident, most
locals encouraged by the media branded Sandra as the Black
Widow of Blue Moon Beach. Even her friends believe she got
away with the murder of their favorite son, a state
legislator. Two years later, Sandra remains the town pariah. She
decides to sell her family home, but knows the historical
house needs costly renovation. Victor's friend Mike Malloy
needs the money badly after getting killed during a
divorce. Though he believes Sandra murdered his pal and he
does not really want the job, he accepts the work for the
fee he will earn. As he becomes acquainted with Sandra, he
realizes that she could never have killed her husband. As
he falls in love with her, he wants to prove her innocence
not for his own need, but for hers. PASSING THROUGH PARADISE is an engaging romantic suspense
that never stops entertaining readers. The story line
takes off once Mike makes up his mind to prove to the world
what is heart knows. Sandra is innocent. Though Sandra
should have filed a liable suit against an obnoxious
reporter and a final twist leaves a key character seem
disjointed, the lead couple makes the tale succeed. Known
for her fabulous historicals, Susan Wiggs scores with this
superb thriller that hooks the audience from beginning to
end. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 27, 2002
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THE LAST THING SHE EXPECTED WAS TO FALL IN LOVE
AGAIN.
Once upon a time, Sandra was happily married to Victor
Winslow, the favorite son of a town called Paradise, a
politician who could do no wrong. Then a change to an
accident took Victor's life, and everyone blamed her for his
death.
Now Sandra has had enough of Paradise. Her only way out of
the nightmare of controversy is to rebuild and sell her
Victorian beach house at the edge of town. She hires Mike
Malloy, who's as skilled with his hands as he is at touching
Sandra's lonely heart. His fight to secure a future with his
children awakens all of Sandra's hopes and dreams. But can
she trust a man with unbreakable ties to the community, a
man determined to discover her deepest secrets? Torn between
her need to confront the past and her longing to begin
again, Sandra must decide where her heart is--a new life far
away, or right here in Paradise.
A deeply stirring novel of all the loves that fill a woman's
life.
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