YOLANDA TONETTE SANDERS
ISBN#0-446-69441-X
September 2005
Warner Faith - Time Warner Book Group
1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
Paperback
$13.95 U.S./$18.95 Can
362 Pages
Christian/ Young Women/ Fiction
Rating:
Wendy Phillips is a first grade teacher who is seven weeks pregnant with her first child.
When her doctor informs her that she has Chlamydia, she immediately blames her
husband of six months of cheating on her and throws him out. Having been raised in a
Christian home, she keeps this revelation to herself and it eats at her self-confidence. In
a fit of desperation and fearing the stigma of being a single parent, she schedules an
abortion in a bordering town. When it comes time to go through with the procedure, she
backs out and asks for another appointment later that same day. Reflecting on her
options at a diner, she runs into her pastor and bursts into tears. What will Wendy
decide?
Kevin Phillips is married to Wendy and is CEO of his own real estate company.
Although he lives the life of a millionaire, he still likes to go clubbing with his boys. He
knows his behavior gets on his wife’s nerves, but he figures he is entitled to his fun.
When his wife accuses him of giving her a sexually transmitted disease, he immediately
questions the one woman he had been having sex with before he got involved with his
wife. His former friend-with-benefits confirms the fact that she unknowingly gave him the
STD and offers to verify that fact with his wife. Since Wendy refuses to speak with him,
he writes her a letter, detailing how he got the STD and confesses his love and
faithfulness to their marriage. Unbeknownst to him, Wendy stuffs the letter, unread, in
the back of a drawer and forgets about it. Will he ever be able to restore their
relationship?
Both Wendy and Kevin try to go on as single people, all the while, still hurting and
missing each other. When Kevin starts a friendship with a woman he meets at a club
and Wendy finds out, she hits the roof. In retaliation, Wendy’s friend encourages her to
explore the possibility of renewing a relationship with her ex-boyfriend. Why would her
friend encourage her when she knows her heart still belongs to her husband?
Ms. Yolanda Tonette Sanders has written an excellent book with characters easy to
identify with. I felt all the range of emotions the heroine felt and it touched me from the
first paragraph. The hero, in his way, grabs your heart after you discover his
predicament. The minor characters with their own subplots enrich the story and round
out the books sense of family. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Katherine L. Hunt
Reviewer for Karen Find Out About New Books
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
