The Street Where She Lives

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Summary: Will keep readers on the edge of their seats...
Review: Are dreams deferred dreams denied? Answer that question for yourself when you read ON THE STREET WHERE SHE LIVES.

When Ben and Rachel first got together, they dreamed of exploring the world, but she got pregnant, putting that on hold. However, Ben loves adventure, and Rachel sends him away, out of her life and the life of their daughter. Then, she is injured, unable to care for herself, and Emily, their daughter, calls out to Ben for help. Suddenly, he is part of their lives again, shaking up her stable romance and disrupting things in general.

Between vengeful drug lords and curious teenagers, Ben and Rachel's odds for getting back together might look shaky. Can he settle down, and even if that is possible, does Rachel still have a place in her heart for him?

***** Ms. Shalvis skillfully weaves international intrigue and domestic crises. Love and action blend smoothly to form a well thought out tale sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats and with warmed hearts. *****

Reviewed by Amanda Killgore of Huntress Reviews

Rating:
Summary: For fans of complex relationship dramas
Review: In the Amazon, globetrotting photojournalist Ben Asher helps bring down murdering con artist Asada although the prisoner vows vengeance. However, he returns to reality when his twelve years old daughter Emmie calls pleading with him to come to South Village, California as her mother Rachel Wallers was severely injured in a car accident. He would have said no, but he learns that Asada escaped. He flies to California to keep the two females he loves safe.

Rachel wants out of the hospital after a month there because she needs the security that her first real home provides her. As a child she wandered the country as her father saved corporations from certain death. When Ben enters her hospital room, Rachel asks him to leave, but he refuses. This is the first time they have seen each other in thirteen years since she threw him out of her life. Ben takes Rachel home. As Asada's thugs close in on the trio, Ben and Rachel know they love one another and Emmie, but she needs roots and he needs the world.

Fans of complex relationship dramas with some minor related action will enjoy the return to South Village. The story line is at its most interesting when the lead protagonists skirmish over the safety of shelter that supports Dr. Maslow's hierarchy of needs as Rachel needs permanent shelter among her most significant first level requirements while self-actualization with minor shelter pulls Ben. Though the Asada subplot is more of a device to get the prime pair together, fans will of deep character studies will appreciate this tale.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: For fans of complex relationship dramas
Review: In the Amazon, globetrotting photojournalist Ben Asher helps bring down murdering con artist Asada although the prisoner vows vengeance. However, he returns to reality when his twelve years old daughter Emmie calls pleading with him to come to South Village, California as her mother Rachel Wallers was severely injured in a car accident. He would have said no, but he learns that Asada escaped. He flies to California to keep the two females he loves safe.

Rachel wants out of the hospital after a month there because she needs the security that her first real home provides her. As a child she wandered the country as her father saved corporations from certain death. When Ben enters her hospital room, Rachel asks him to leave, but he refuses. This is the first time they have seen each other in thirteen years since she threw him out of her life. Ben takes Rachel home. As Asada's thugs close in on the trio, Ben and Rachel know they love one another and Emmie, but she needs roots and he needs the world.

Fans of complex relationship dramas with some minor related action will enjoy the return to South Village. The story line is at its most interesting when the lead protagonists skirmish over the safety of shelter that supports Dr. Maslow's hierarchy of needs as Rachel needs permanent shelter among her most significant first level requirements while self-actualization with minor shelter pulls Ben. Though the Asada subplot is more of a device to get the prime pair together, fans will of deep character studies will appreciate this tale.

Harriet Klausner