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A rootless foster child, Julie Mathison had blossomed under the love showered upon her by her adoptive family. Now a lovely and vivacious young woman, she was a respected teacher in her small Texas town, and she passionately lived her ideals. Julie was determined to give back all the kindness she'd received; nothing and no one would ever shatter the perfect life she had fashioned. Zachary Benedict was an actor/director whose Academy Award-winning career had been shattered when he was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. After the tall, ruggedly handsome Zack escaped from a Texas prison, he abducted Julie and forced her to drive him to his Colorado mountain hideout. She was outraged, cautious, and unable to ignore the instincts that whispered of his innocence. He was cynical, wary, and increasingly attracted to her. Passion was about to capture them both in its fierce embrace...but the journey to trust, true commitment, and proving Zack's innocence was just beginning....
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0 0One of the first Romances I remember reading, finding on my mom’s book shelf. So much happens in this book!
We meet Julie as a kid, as she’s about to be moved to a new foster family. She’s smart, but has had a rough childhood. We are shown/told that Julie wants to be good, to be part of a family, to do the right thing.
Meanwhile, Zach, is kicked out of his rich family estate, makes his way to LA and after a lot of hard work, becomes super famous actor and director. The day after he walks in on his wife cheating she’s killed in a freak gun accident on set. But was it an accident? Zach is found guilty of murder and sent to prison.
5 years later he escapes, and ends up kidnapping Julie, who is now a school teacher, bible school teacher, sweetheart.
They spend a week together snowed in the mountains, and boy is it a wild week. They fight. She tries to escape. He nearly drowns and freezes to death trying to save her. They fight some more, sleep together, fight, fall in love.
But Zach needs to GTFO of the country and can’t take her, so he sends Julie home. Then we still have 50% of the book!
Their separation, the attempt at getting back together, another separation… ugh it’s so dramatic. I love it still.
I still want an HEA for poor Paul FBI guy.
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