Monday, February 20, 2012

The Baker's Wife / Erin Healy / 345 pages / Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards

"...being a good person is about loving people well.  It's not about having all the right answers or doing all the right things."
"Sometimes mercy is the best weapon against evil."
The baker's wife, Audrey, and her son, Ed, are involved in an accident on their way to the bakery in an early morning fog.  They do not see the motor scooter before they hit it.  Audrey slips in blood as she emerges from the car, but no body is found.  The scooter belongs to Julie Mansfield, a math teacher at the local high school.  Her husband Jack, a detective, blames Audrey, Ed, and Geoff, the former pastor, for his wife's disappearance.  The pastor lost his job at Jack's insistence over the abortion of their grandchild.  Diane Hall, recently released from prison for murder, used to live in the bakery which her parents ran as a drug store.  She came back looking for a family heirloom, an uncut diamond.  This page-turner is inspirational, thought-provoking, and a great read.
Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award

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