River’s Lost
About
The greatest fire in state history ripped through the valley and incinerated almost everything and also detonated a passion between two friends that is as explosive as the fire itself.
In the ensuing aftermath, Jocelyn Jantz is left all alone… and pregnant with Ben Rydell’s baby. She realizes that Ben will despise her, and himself, to the end of their days. Their actions snatched their honor, something he always took the most pride in. When he disappears without a word, she’s convinced he is lost to her forever.
Without a word to anyone, Ben runs east, crossing several states, trying to escape the loss he refuses to accept. But his actions only compound the tragedy. He has betrayed the woman he was first committed to, but in disappearing, he leaves behind the woman who deserves his concern now. All that he can see is that his future is ruined and all by his own hand.
But then one day, his father finds him.
And with that discovery is the revelation of the only thing that could draw him back to his former, but altered life, and that is the existence of the baby girl he never meant to father, but that is already born. He must come home to re-build everything that was lost… but the thing is? He has no idea how to even start. But when he meets his daughter, he realizes that her existence is now the only thing that matters…
Praise for this book
"Phenomenal must read... I thoroughly enjoyed Ben and Jocelyn and Lillian story.
This one was so heartbreaking but wonderful.
It amazes me how something so horrible like the fire and other thing that happened to bring a family together stronger and better. I think Lillian had a lot to do with it with Jack and Ben's state of mind.
I have love Jocelyn in every book I have read, but this finally explained the closeness between Jocelyn, Ben and Joey as teens. The three best friends.
I highly recommend this book to everyone who loves a great love story."
"Wow is all i can say. This isn't a pretty story. This has tragedy in it from the start. Ben runs away from all the grief and heartache in his home town. Ben is lost. He looses himself in drugs and alchohol. He is mourning his wife and his town. His dad cones and find him to give him news. This story really gets you. Watching everything unfold, i was in awe. This doesn't just take us on Ben journey but everyones story on how they cope with the loss."
"After reading this one I had to have all the River's End books & now Leanne Davis is one of my favorite authors!"
"love, guilt,bitterness, cowardice, friendships that turn to hatred, lives wrecked by the overwhelming fires which consume them. Sweet and urgent sexy read, compounded by anger, guilt, lives ended. Tragic, and wonderful. "