Always to Remember

By Lorraine Heath

Book Overview

Branded a traitor and imprisoned for refusing to fight for the Confederacy, Clayton Holland returns home to Cedar Grove, only to be spurned by the townspeople, except for vengeful Meg Warner, who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0515118044
• ISBN13: 9780515118049
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Jove Books
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Standing by convictions

I couldn't put it down, almost in tears many times. Loved the quiet man Clay is and how he places no blame, but stands by his choices. I can't imagine finding each of your boyhood friends and then burying each of them. Glad Meg recognizes Clay's real worth and his true innocence. Also liked the occasional humor.

a profile of courage

Anyone who has ever had to take a stand on principle, whether popular or unpopular, can identify with both of the main characters in this book. I loved both characters and the theme of the book was supported beautifully by Meg and Clay. These days, more than ever, there are so many issues affecting us all that we must take a stand on, and this book does a wonderful job of showing how "pack" thinking can be overcome by personal committment. The story itself is engrossing and Ms. Heath drew me into the lives of the characters as if they were real people.

Enjoy -- this book is written with remarkable skill !!

Ms. Heath has such an intriguing style of writing. She provides the story's insight much the way sugar runs through a sieve -- a little at a time. The author filters and dispenses the data quietly, thus holding and developing the reader's interest. This is writing genius -- to keep the reader wanting.Here Lorraine Heath is in her element -- Texas after the civil war. The solemn story of a peaceful boy mutated into a lonely man through the demonic course of war. The touching tale of a town's unforgiving hatred to a man whose only sin was his conviction. Heath skillfully thrusts the reader into this hate and anxiety, making the reader stop and wonder what their own responses and opinions would be in a similar situation. Intimidating reflection!This is romance -- a slow blossoming story. Hate gives way to love. Inhumanity gives way to understanding. With great care, Heath cultivates the characters. By the end of the book, the reader recognizes these ordinary people. Currently this book is unpublished, but please do try to find a copy. You will have no regrets.Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.

Wonderful...

I love Lorraine Heath. Its hard to find another author that can create such tender, masculine heroes. Wow, Clay really is perfectly suited to this role. He was so sweet and unsure, yet undeniably masculine. I adored him. I enjoyed Meg as well... but Clay, to me, was the main attraction here. This is a quietly romantic book. It doesnt hit you over the head ,but sneaks up on you and worms its way in until you cant set it down. It is full of some of the sweetest, smallest, most genuine moments. I cant tell you how much I enjoyed this and I highly recommnd it.

Heart stopping

Fantastic! Wow! What a book. This is a book that really touched my heart, so much so that I could not and would not put it down. I have rarely cried reading a story, but, Clay and Megs story really touched deep into my heart. Great stuff Lorraine Heath and keep up the good work. Nikki.

WonderFul! Wonderful! Wonderful!!!!

I loved it! I cried during it and I couldn't put it down! This is a story of a man's beliefs, a belief that gives him nothing but scorn and hatred. But despite this he refuses to lay the blame and remains completly devoted to his family, even though they too, question his bravery. Isn't it a wonder, that the man they thought a coward, in the end, shamed them with his courage? But there are things he doesn't tell, nightmares that remain his guilty secrets that make this novel a true treasure. The woman, his dead best friend's wife, learns to rise beyond her hatred and look beneath Clayton's quiet exterior and see the sensitive and gentle man within. I can't say enough good things about Always To Remeber. But I will say one more thing, it ended to soon!!