Loner

She is the child of alcoholic parents, her father in prison for vehicular manslaughter. He is a loner, living on top of a mountain in North Carolina. Soon their lives would be changed in the flash of a lightning bolt. Samantha Holt has a dark family secret. Her work toward her Ph.D. in social sciences has brought her to a small sawmill town. Matthew Brockton was a very successful investment counselor. His life was turned upside down one fateful night. His pain drove him to retreat from life and he withdrew from society, becoming a loner. Years have passed for both of them since their lives were turned upside down. Now, quite literally by accident, they are thrown together. They hide their pasts from each other until Samantha determines that they share the same ugly secret. Almost overnight, Matthew feels the stirring of love once more, and Samantha discovers what true love is. Samantha is torn; does she share her past believing it will destroy their love or hide it forever? Matthew is reluctant to relive his past and is beginning to believe true love can happen twice in a man’s life, when a letter opens up the wounds once more. As their love and sensual passions for each other grow, events bring them closer to revealing their shared past to one another. Will their pain bring them together or drive them apart?Boyd, Louise is the author of 'Loner ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781413721034 and ISBN 1413721036.