~ Review: Swept Away ~

I always look forward to a Gwynne Forster book with anticipation, and I’m glad she’s a prolific enough that three or four of her books are published per year.  I said it in other forums that Ms. Forster is one of the best Africa-American romance writers and the AUTHOR OF THE YEAR conferred on her by the reviewers of ROMANCE IN COLOR is a deserving one.

SWEPT AWAY is no exception.  It has all the hallmarks of a Forster masterpiece – deep complex characters, witty realistic dialogue, and intense emotion.

From the time, Veronica Overron and Schyler Henderson meet the sparks fly. The initial attraction they feel for each gives rise to heated sexual tension.  Unfortunately, she’s the head of a child placement agency; he’s a child advocate leader whose own sad troubled childhood makes him skeptical of agencies like Veronica’s.  When one of Veronica’s placements goes wrong, Schyler is intent on exposing the inadequacies of such agencies, and in the process destroys all that Veronica has worked for.  As a result of Veronica’s castigation by the press, her reputation takes a beating, and she takes off for Switzerland, her belief and confidence in herself shaken.  While in Switzerland, she receives a phone call, and has to rush home.  Her mother dies telling her that she must find her father.

With the assistance of a detective, she finds him, Richard Henderson, the man who had adopted Schyler as a young boy.  As expected, problems and conflicts arise, and how these impact on the developing relationships is the focus of SWEPT AWAY - a task that Ms. Forster handles with her usual sensitivity.

Both Veronica and Schyler are likeable warm characters, and are two of Ms. Forster’s most memorable.  Their maturity, and how they handles their current situation, and their final acceptance of their love for each other, only makes them stronger as persons.

SWEPT AWAY is Ms. Forster at her usual best!

Now I sit back and wait for her next book – with eager anticipation!!