SOMEONE TO LOVE ME

Author: D.A. Wallace ISBN: 1586089609 9/2006 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: NEW CONCEPTS PUBLISHING

Stranded in a remote cabin for the winter, two strangers are forced to survive the cold, lonely nights anyway they can. Both struggling to get over losing someone they love, building relationships isn't in the forecast. However, in time, deep caring replaces what starts out as purely animal magnetism. Is their new found love strong enough to heal old wounds?

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

For being a shorter-length story, SOMEONE TO LOVE ME packs a pretty good reading punch by using its well-developed characters to the best of its advantage. It is a quick but easily likeable read, well written and one that constantly holds on to the reader's attention.

The story of a young woman (Charlie) stranded in the mountains by a plane crash who is temporarily rescued by a brooding, reclusive widower (Luke), could easily have been just another so-so storyline. But thanks to D.A. Wallace's writing and two lead characters who immediately clicked, Wallace pulls SOMEONE TO LOVE ME away from the ordinary. That's not to say I don't have a few issues with this story, mainly the ending where the vast lifestyle differences between Charlie and Luke are never addressed—she's a career woman on the edge of stardom and he's a recluse who wants to stay that way, which means there's got to be a lot of give and take on both their parts to make the relationship work. But this is fiction, after all, and I have to believe that as in sync as these two characters become, somehow they'll manage to work it all out.

D.A. Wallace is an excellent writer, and one that I'd like to see write longer, more complex stories. Her voice and writing style are easily read, there's plenty of sexual tension and she seems to effortlessly hold a reader's attention. If you're looking for a quick romance with a lot of character, then SOMEONE TO LOVE is more than worth the read.

Nancy Davis