Dark Journey - Softcover

Canfield, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553566059 ISBN 13: 9780553566055

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1994

Synopsis

Anna Ramey, lonely and afraid, enters into an affair with handsome stranger Sloan Marshall and is branded an adulteress and murderer by the people of picturesque Cook's Bay. Original.

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From Publishers Weekly

Retired Navy Seals commander Sloan Marshall is in Cook's Bay, Me., recovering from a hostage rescue mission to Beirut, during which he was tortured by enemy fources, when he first sees Anna Ramey searching for shells on the beach. Anna is taking care of her disabled diabetic husband, who conveniently dies the morning after Anna and Sloan give in to their passions. When an autopsy reveals that an insulin overdose caused the husband's death, circumstantial evidence leads to Anna and Sloan's arrest and trial for murder. As the trial proceeds, the novel flashes back to recapture the series of emotional beach-side meetings which led to the lovers' fateful encounter. Canfield's ( Loving ) attempt to mix courtroom drama with star-crossed romance only partially succeeds. The trial distracts from the romance, and the flashback narrative style adds to the confusion. Nevertheless, Canfield does demonstrate a convincing, evocative writing style, and she keeps the question of whodunit going until the very end.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Left lonely and emotionally alienated when her dying diabetic husband rejects her, Anna Ramey turns to war hero Sloan Marshall for friendship and support-and ends up in a passionate relationship that results in scandal and a double accusation of murder. Canfield (The Loving, HarperCollins, 1992) presents an emotionally involving story that features well-developed characters (including a couple of wonderfully sleazy villains), graceful imagery, and occasionally tense courtroom drama. For most romance collections.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0553566059
• ISBN 13: 9780553566055
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 484