Ceri Hebert gives us a touching story of a woman being blamed and punished for an accident that wasn't entirely her fault. I like the way the author builds her characters. Krista is a great example of a person who doesn't let an incident that could have destroyed her life make her bitter. Matt has let the accident change him as a person but he's had the support of a loving family that lets him heal in his own way, his own time. Ricky and others in the town have kept their hatred alive, never moving on. Ricky was able to use his family's money and influence to make something of himself but the shadow never left him.

The title of this great story is very appropriate. The author never discounts the fact that the accident was a tragedy. Instead she shows the good and the bad that have come out of it, the paths people have taken, the choices they make even fifteen years later. It's similar to what many of us do and, for many readers, love that may have grown out of shared losses and shared pain too. Ms. Hebert gives us an excellent fictionalized version of what many people have lived and how they've gone on to make life something meaningful out of devastation.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Mildly sensual

Reviewer: Dee Dailey
December 12, 2008