Distant Lover
By Gloria Mallette
National bestselling author Gloria Mallette returns with a gripping, passion-filled tale of one woman’s quest to confront the good, the bad, and even the ugly truths about her life—and her loves...
For thirty-seven year old Tandi Crawford, the past is a double-edged sword of both pleasure and pain. On one side is the agonizing mystery of her mother’s early death and her father’s brutal indifference. On the other side is the all-too-vivid recollection of one unforgettable summer and the teenage romance that won’t let Tandi rest. The fantasy of getting together with a boy she hasn’t seen in more than twenty years has pulled Tandi through many a loveless day and bitterly lonely night with a husband who’s too busy to notice that he’s lost her.
After vowing never to live in her father’s house again, Tandi finds that her failed marriage has brought her and her young son back to that very same dusty doorstep. It has been eighteen years since Tandi left home, but by now she’s learned that life has a way of making one eat one’s words. . . and of making old memories return with a vengeance. When her fantasy unexpectedly becomes a reality and is every bit as exciting and passionate as she dreamed, Tandi discovers that little in her world is what it appears to be.
As all of Tandi’s relationships intensify, so does her need for answers to the questions that have haunted her for so long, from the enigma of her mother’s demise and her father’s emotional distance, to her husband’s coldness - and her lover’s unquenchable heat. Each step closer to the truth will reveal its own secret - secrets that will forever change Tandi’s life.