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Isabelle Perkins has never met a man she truly loves. Newly divorced at the age thirty, she doesn't believe she ever will. Isabelle doesn't believe in fairy tales. When she meets the dashing Lincoln Davis, she is smitten by his handsome looks and is immediately attracted to his take charge confidence.

But she discovers he's married, forcing her to keep her distance. In a sexless marriage, Lincoln dazzles her with his charm and recklessly pursues her, mesmerized by her beauty and sex appeal. Before long, he persuades her. After a passionate night of love-making, they find themselves embroiled in a hot affair. As time goes on, their feelings deepen, and they fall in love.

Soon, the lines between right and wrong become irrevocably blurred. Isabelle suffers intense guilt for being involved with a married man. The affair challenges her Christian morals and undermines her self-esteem. She entertains leaving Lincoln, but hangs on, convinced he's her true love.

Lincoln wallows in guilt, disappointed in himself for breaking his marriage vows. Although he loves Isabelle, he's aware they have no future. Lincoln continues his steamy romance with Isabelle until his wife confronts him. He's forced to break it off with Isabelle, leaving her devastated and heartbroken.

Eighteen years later, they're paths cross again. After a sobering brush with death and now divorced, Lincoln is determined to win Isabelle back. But she can't set aside her deep hurt and disappointment to let him back into her life and heart?

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When young social worker Rachel Thomas accepts her first "real" job at Salter's Point Regional in Washington State, she expects to be working around crazy people. After all, the hospital was once a notorious insane asylum.

Imagine her surprise when she realizes that many of the crazies at Salter's Point are the professional misfits who are supposed to be caring for the patients. It seems they are running the hospital and creating mayhem of their own. A manic attorney, a sex crazed psychiatrist, and a drunk therapist are the few of the many professionals with blurred lines of insanity.

Rachel tries desperately to fit in while still caring for her patients. Despite feeling like "a fly in the wrong soup," she succeeds at doing her job. Until tragedy strikes and turns her world upside down.

Inspired by true events in a psychiatric hospital in the 1980s. The author, Anita Dixon Thomas has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for thirty-seven years. She is also the author of Whiskey and Merlot A Love Story. Anita currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

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