Autumn Crossroad
Cheryl N. WarnerMainstream romance
Available from Whiskey Creek Press
ISBN: 1-59374-238-X
January 2005
| Two years ago, Neal dumped Casey at their wedding rehearsal dinner. Now what could be more low down and demotivating than that? This had been the final man in a long line of boyfriends to even get her as far as almost to the altar. But life goes on and Casey is now taking the big career step and moving from Georgia to California. Time to unleash a diehard Southern Belle with gumption on California! The switch in taking orders from her Marine Corp dominating father at home to taking orders in her new job from a civilian dominating PR woman should be a piece of cake but it isnt as easy as one might think when faced with the real person behind the faade. Over the next while Casey learns more about the woman who wants only to portray to the world her hard-as-nails manner, and hide the characteristics Val sees as weaknesses in dealing with other humans. The insight Casey needs in finally understanding Val ends up being supplied, oddly enough, by Caseys father. This serves a dual purpose in also allowing Casey to begin to understand her father, to really see what governs his personality.
Somehow, somewhere Casey loses her control and finds her workaholic self in a wager with Vals son, Shawn, attempting to prove that she would of course be able to continue her heavy work schedule and finally make a relationship work, parallel. She isnt at all like Val, she says, and she intends to prove that to him, to herself and to her father. The problem is that absolutely no one who knows her, family or friends, would even debate that Casey would be able to hold a relationship and make it work. But the $5,000 question is, might she finally be able to do so..? To watch the characters learn the weaknesses within themselves, that must be acknowledged in order to achieve some level of happiness, was very well described. These characters are so indicative of many out there today focusing solely on their careers. Just a great story.
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Reviewer: Glenda K. Bauerle |
