Flynn has finally tracked down his former lover, Heather. It hadn't
been easy. She had been his employee but had disappeared after he had
abruptly ended their affair and left for Saudi to work on his company's
jobsite. Embittered at the time by a nasty divorce and subsequent custody
loss of his small son, Flynn hadn't wanted a relationship, and so had fled. That
had been 8 months ago. Time enough to realize how much Heather had really meant
to him and how much he wanted her back.
Heather wasn't interested. Having been extremely hurt by his callous
treatment of her, she wanted nothing more to do with him. She had a new job
with one of his competitors and had finally saved enough to buy her first
home. Even though it was a little run down, it was hers. She was now
independent and determined to keep Flynn at a distance.
He had known it wouldn't be easy, but loving her as he did, he vowed he would break
down the barriers she had erected to once again make her "his."
I found Second Wife to be somewhat different than what I've come to expect
from Krentz. The heroine was still strong willed, and the hero was still alpha,
but what I found unusual was that he humbled himself right from the beginning, so
we are presented almost immediately with his vulnerable side rather than
finding it towards the end. Nice change of pace and perhaps why I found
this book so realistic. Instead of reading a story, it felt more like I was
sitting down with friends as they related the tale of their romance.
Unlike some of Krentz's books written in the 80's, this one reads well in
the 90's too.
Joanne Bartling
