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A Passing Storm

by Phyllis J. Burton

374 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-0537; ISBN 1-4120-8781-3; US$24.52, C$28.20, EUR20.14, £14.10

Disillusioned housewife Jennifer flees to Scotland, meets Angus, and is injured in a mountain storm. Her ambitious, womanising husband persuades her to return. Does she stay or find happiness with Angus?

About the Book

A woman nearly dies in a fall in the Scottish Highlands during a severe storm. She is rescued and has an out of body, near-death experience before waking up in a hospital in Inverness where she suffers from amnesia. She is visited by a man who says that he is her husband and that he had tried to stop her from going on a walking holiday in Scotland alone. When her memory returns, Jennifer Redmond remembers the real reason why she is in Scotland: she has a loveless marriage and has left her husband, Peter. Before her accident, Jennifer meets Scottish hotel owner Angus Cameron and they are immediately attracted to one another.

Peter Raymond believes that due to his expected promotion within an American company, that a loyal wife is essential and he will do and say anything in order to persuade her to return home to Berkshire with him. He eventually succeeds.

Angus Cameron has lived for many years in Australia and has a secret past. He has fallen in love with Jennifer and when he realises that she is returning home with Peter, he eventually goes back there and becomes a recluse.

Peter tells Jennifer about his promotion and plans to take her and his secretary Susie to America on business. Whilst there, Peter and Susie start an affair. Later, one of Peter's junior colleagues discovers this and sends two anonymous letters to Jennifer. Meanwhile, their son Robert announces the date of his marriage to Claire and Jennifer has to keep quiet about it until after the wedding...

This is an eternal triangle with many twists and turns. Will Jennifer at last find the love and happiness that she has been seeking and how does a thin and straggly dingo dog in the Australian outback assist her?

About the Author

Phyllis Burton was born in Beckenham in Kent, England. She is married with three grown-up children and four grandchildren. She lives with her husband Jim and a large golden retriever dog called Bailey amongst the gentle hills of south-west Surrey. This is her first novel.

Excerpts

Reviews

How could things have changed so much? Jennifer and Peter's marriage had been great for so many years, yet once their sons left, everything changed. Peter became absorbed in his work, striving for a better position. He had worked so hard for the chance that was about to be offered him, and Jennifer understood this, but she was so desperately lonely.

Peter spent much of his time at work and then took an apartment in the city so that he did not have to travel home after late meetings or long days of work. Then there was a beautiful secretary who spent so much time with him.

Jennifer left Peter and found herself in a lovely mountain village in Scotland. Invergrosgie was a holiday destination that the whole family enjoyed and it seemed the perfect place to try and sort out her future. Little did she know that both love and near disaster would find her there.

Author, Phyllis Burton, has skillfully woven a story of love and deceit. Her writing is precise, her characters colorful and her description allows the reader to actually visit the lovely British Isles through her words.

Mrs. Burton is the mother of three grown children and four grandchildren. She lives in Surrey with her husband Jim. This is Phyllis Burton's first novel and with its success, will come more well-written and heartfelt stories. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Reviewer: Elaine Fuhr, Allbooks Reviews