Billingsley keeps her reader on edge, first to see if desolate Darby will open herself to love, then to see how charming Adam will work that feat. My first thought was, how will the author carry the story through so many pages? Well carry it she does, and carry it off very well she does too! You don’t see the pages as they rush past, engrossed in the story. There’s safety there for her, but will she really find safety until the psycho stalking her is finally caught?Ī long book. What will she do? Where will she run? Circumstances throw her into Adam’s life, and into Adam’s arms. Someone is on the prowl for Darby, and when Amy confides a man has been following her, Darby’s little world crashes around her. Now all he can think of is getting her.īut he’s not the only one with that idea in mind. Adam doesn’t want a woman, until he lays eyes on Darby. Their parents are single, so why not bring them together? This is how Adam McGillis steps into Darby’s life. When Amy meets Jeff McGillis, the two children hit it off immediately, and a plan soon forms in both their minds.

There is no place for anything or anyone else, and certainly not for a man. There’s just her and her eight-year-old daughter Amy, and the two of them lead an uneventful life after the loss of Darby’s husband, a detective who was murdered in the line of duty. Darby Rush’s life is quiet and somewhat sad.

Dark Awakenings by Laura Billingsley