Never Walk Alone

by Paula Detmer Riggs

Book Overview

After being responsible for an accident that claimed several lives, Rhys said goodbye to his hometown, and vowed never to return. Until a forgiving woman taught him that anything is possible when two... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451410831
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Onyx
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 1.2" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Higly recommended, emotionally engaging book!

This was an outstanding and emotional story of forgiveness and of learning to forgive yourself. It's about overcoming childhood problems and mistakes and forging ahead to find love and happiness again. It's not just a sappy romance story though, there's quite a lot of mystery, sabatoge, adventure and revenge involved too. I respected Rhys from the outset and couldn't help liking Brina and all the secondary characters (except John, of course). Their story captivated me and they'll remain in my thoughts for days to come.

Excellent offering from a favourite writer

I've been a fan of PDR for years and years and think she creates the most wonderful characters. She's probably the master of the damaged hero (well maybe co-master with Gayle Wilson). Rarely has she disappointed me. I particularly enjoyed her latest offering because it was in the longer format that category fiction is denied. This is a story of revenge, hatred, and old animosities made to come right by love, tolerance, reparation and forgiveness. By examining the heart and soul of a man tormented by a crime he perhaps did not truly commit (we are kept guessing), PDR is able to evoke the meaning of true love in both the sexual and non-sexual way. Rhys Hazard is a man who feels undeserving of love and comfort who has the great good fortune to meet a woman who can offer him both and by doing so achieves a level of love and completion for herself. Although events conspire against them, their regard for each other makes them complete. Excellent story from a much admired author. Please can we have her next one soon?

NEVER WALK ALONE - A skillful blend of poignancy & passion!

"Beloved, best-selling,romance author, Paula Detmer Riggs will win even more readers' hearts with her absolutely wonderful contemporary, NEVER WALK ALONE for Onyx in June 2003. Ms. Detmer Riggs known for dealing with tough issues in her storylines deftly handles several in this endearing novel. Millionaire mogul, Rhys Hazard decides to help save the flooded small town of Osuma, Washington by expanding his trucking empire there. Not intending to go there himself, Rhys is forced to return to his hometown and relive his tragic past when his trucking foreman is injured in a car crash. Rhys knows all about terrible car accidents since he caused one as a teenager which killed two young children and a schoolbus driver. Rhys was severely injured and sentenced to four years in prison. When bed-and-breakfast owner, Brina Sullivan first meets her new tenant, Rhys Hazard, she is instantly attracted to him despite his physical disability and brusque demeanor. Little does this divorced mother of two know that Rhys Hazard is really Mick Sullivan, her ex-husband's brother and the man responsible for her brother's death years ago. What a rare treat it is to find an author who is able to skillfully blend poignancy with passion. Like the Rogers and Hammerstein song, "Never Walk Alone" Paula Detmer Riggs' novel, NEVER WALK ALONE should become a classic!"-Patricia Rouse, Rouse's Romance Readers Groups

A winning drama

To many of the residents of Osuma, Washington, the name Michael Sullivan means loathing. Fifteen years ago, he ran a red light, plowed into a school bus, and killed two students and the driver. Although he insisted the bus driver ran the light, Michael was convicted and served time. After his release his adopted father J.T. told him to leave town. An angry Michael never looked back.Over the years, using the name Hazard, Michael built up a powerful hauling business, North Star Trucks, located in Phoenix. When his dad's company teeters on bankruptcy, he buys the firm to convert it into a northwest trucking firm. However, he is forced to take charge of the transition when his friend chosen to run the show is severely injured in a car wreck. In Osuma, Michael meets his young niece and nephew and the ex-wife of his brother. As the little girl hooks him, he and Brina Sullivan fall in love, but one of the three dead people from his accident is her brother.NEVER WALK ALONE is at its best when the lead couple deals with their growing attraction to one another somewhat fostered by a little child who showers love on Michael. When the tale spins into a drug running intrigue, the subplot takes away from the heartfelt intensity of the prime theme of can Brina forgive the man she loves for killing someone else she cherished? Still this is a strong contemporary romance that leaves the audience to wonder if time can heal all wounds.Harriet Klausner

The author did a wonderful job! Realistic.

Years ago, Michael Rhys Sullivan was involved in a horrific accident that left him terribly hurt, but killed others, one of them Brina's brother. Tormented with his own guilt, he leaves town as soon as he is able, determined to never return.Fate has other things in store, and he is forced to come back now, but the man he has become is a far cry from the unthinking youth who left. He is a new man, one who goes unrecognized and goes by a new name. His company has contributed to the town's new found prosperity, and it is a business matter that returns him there, and into Brina's life.The two manage to begin to fall in love before his secret comes out, leaving her to have to struggle with forgiveness. In her dilema, the wisdom of a child's simple heart is her best guide. However not everyone is as wise or loving as Brina, and the hard hearts of others in the town may cost Michael his life before it is all over.***** With a touching story that fans of Catherine Anderson or Karen Kingsbury will cheer and add to their keeper shelf, Ms. Riggs brings to life a flawed, yet redeemed hero, an ordindary woman with an extraordinary heart, and beautiful children as well as a town with living breathing characters who will work into your heart.