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When Jeanne
Cassiday receives the summons to co-chair on the committee for the
fifteenth
anniversary of her high school, she has to face her past, the feelings
and the
direction for her future. Jeanne remembers the past vividly, as well as
her
pain and heartache of her first love, the man who broke all the
promises he
made to her for their future. The reunion committee wants her first
love, Nate
“Shadow” Donneli to be their guest speaker, as he was the one voted
most likely
to succeed.
Facing the
man who left her all those years ago, with nothing more than a note,
might just
be what Jeanne Cassiday needs to focus on her life and the future that
she is
so unsure of. But what has happened to Nate Donneli in last fifteen
years? Will
he be the same man Jeanne loved and lost? Could unfinished business
between
Jeanne and Nate include undeniable passion they can’t resist?
For fifteen
years Nate Donneli has been the patriarch of his family since his
father’s death
and father to his own daughter, Caitlyn.
Nate never really forgot Jeanne “Peanut” Cassiday in
the past decade and
a half, yet hearing her name for the first time in as many years,
brings old
feelings and ‘what-ifs’ to the surface. Seeing Jeanne face-to-face,
proves to
Nate that he was a fool to walk away from her, his one and only true
love.
But the
many years apart has probably changed both of them.
Is Nate a fool once again to want a second
chance with Jeanne? Can Nate even find a
spot in his already ‘high drama’ life for his delectable Peanut?
Journey
with Nate and Jeanne as they battle old and still open wounds, as they
battle
to uncover an embezzler in the Donneli family, as well as Nate’s young
daughter, Caitlyn, who is used to being the apple of her father’s eye. Can old lovers risk it all for a second
chance at love?
Where Is He Now? is a great contemporary
romance
with a vast array of fantastic characters.
Jennifer Greene brings her readers spirited and
well-defined characters that
are unforgettable. Nate and Jeanne are
our primary characters whose past and hearts need re-examination before
the
future can unfold. Revisiting their high school days and journeying
with them
as they reconnect, is a great example of contemporary romance that
readers can
enjoy from cover to cover. Ms. Greene penned one of my favourite
storylines
with Where Is He Now? I
enjoy reconciliation stories and love when
an author pens a realistic and endearing story of second chances, as
this author
has done with this story.
Secondary
characters from Nate’s brothers, to his mother and his daughter,
Caitlyn, to
Jeanne’s best friend, and the high school nerd, round-out this awesome
cast. Tamara
and Arnold, who in high school were best musician and the nerd, find a
romance
which has its own obstacles, yet is endearing and sweet to watch unfold.
Contemporary
romanced at its finest is Jennifer Greene’s Where
Is He Now?, which those romance lovers won’t want to miss. It might just leave one digging out old
yearbooks of days gone by and remembering their first love too!
Reviewed by Tracey West
for The Road
to Romance
August 10th,
2004
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