Forever Spring

by Joan Hohl

Now was the winter of discontent for Paul Vanzant. His children were grown, the wife he'd once loved--but who'd bitterly betrayed him--was gone. He felt rudderless on a chillingly cold sea...

Then he met Karen Mitchell--a woman in the autumn of her life. Though she found passion in Paul's embrace, Karen claimed a momentary interlude was all they'd ever share.

But Paul wanted more than a brief affair. He'd finally found true love, and he was determined to keep Karen--and the warmth of spring--forever in his life.

250 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1988

About the author

For as long as she can remember, Joan Hohl has always wanted to be a writer. Her mother said Joan had her head in the clouds, always daydreaming. The only thing was, Joan's daydreams had plots!

She is a popular U.S.American writer of over 60 romance novels since 1980. She also signed her novels as Paula Roberts and Amii Lorin

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, this book was pretty average but I rated it higher because the hero was older, 56 or so with grown children we have read about earlier. He lost his wife a few months ago but he lost her long before that. His wife was his childhood sweetheart and then he learnt six years ago that she had been cheating on him for a decade and he became impotent and then he meets the heroine. She runs an inn and is in her late thirties and divorced with two kids. What was weird for me is that they hardly know each other and sleep together and the hero becomes all possessive. Her ex has a heart-attack and the heroine feels all ashamed for having needs even though she has been divorced five years and her ex was a cheater. She goes to take care of him and is forced into taking him in. What a boring martyr, the hero/heroine moon over each other from afar which was again weird since they hardly know each other but whatever. The book was short so didn't take much of my time.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paul Vanzant was at a loose end, his children were grown, his estranged wife was dead. Karen Mitchell, a divorcee, runs a BB that he is staying at in Maine. The attraction is immediate despite the 1 year age gap.