One For the Road
by Lynne Marshall
Delightful,
humorous comeback romance
When her husband dies,
D'Anne Palmer finds herself down on her finances with the luxury
motor coach as her only asset. If she can rent out her RV and
offer her services as a driver, she might just be able to survive her
current financial hardship. Now that she has no one to look out
after her, D'Anne must look out for herself. She can't expect and
doesn't want her children taking care of her. Once country music
singer Tyler White had a smash hit, but can he stage a comeback at this
age? He's put together the band and all the tour. Now all
he needs is cheap transportation. D'Anne sets the stage with all
sorts of rules for the band to follow, but some rules are meant to be
broken. Can the growing love of a good man loosen her up enough
to enjoy the new world before her? From the very beginning, Tyler
feels a strong attraction to D'Anne but can he win her over?
In ONE FOR THE ROAD, Lynne Marshall breaks away from the format of the
medical romance into a more free flowing and humorous romance more
clearly her own. Fans of her medical romances will cherish the
author's theme of mature romances common in her new release as well as
her medical romances. The mature romance in ONE FOR THE ROAD is a
refreshing change of pace from the young characters in many romances,
characters that can become more and more juvenile if not trite as the
distance between character and reader becomes more and more
distant. In ONE FOR THE ROAD, Lynne Marshall enters into more
daring territory as her characterization and even action include
realistic descriptions of her characters' age. How
refreshing! The inclusion of these imperfections makes for a
deeper, more moving romance as well as scenes that are quite
humorous.
ONE FOR THE ROAD is an entertaining sometimes wonderfully earthy,
fast-paced romance between two individuals striving to re-establish
themselves after life's circumstances have not always treated them
well. The dialogue adds both romance and delightful humor to the
situations. A bit of mystery adds a sense of drama to the
trip. For this reader, rating ONE FOR THE ROAD with a number is a
difficult task. At times, the cast of characters seems a bit
large for the scope of one single romance, sometimes distracting from
the intensity of the romance between Tyler and D'Anne although at other
times, the characters and the conflicts between them give a sense of
depth to the setting and characters. If ONE FOR THE ROAD is the
opening book in a series that will follow up on some of the other
characters introduced here, then the amount of time given to the
secondary characters fits better. The narrative structure
of ONE FOR THE ROAD is definitely looser than the tightness of the
author's previous medical romances. In this romance, Lynne
Marshall adds details one might not expect to see in a romance, but
these are precisely the details that make this romance special.
ONE FOR THE ROAD is highly recommended for romance readers looking for
a humorous and moving romance between two more mature characters who
have some life experience behind them. Both characters are
endearing in their own way precisely because they experience the
vulnerabilities and imperfections common to humanity but both have big,
big hearts. ONE FOR THE ROAD is a romance that leaves a reader
laughing and smiling and feeling good inside. If you have not yet
discovered Lynne Marshall's romances before, her romances are
refreshing, uniquely delightful, and often explore exciting corners of
the the romance genre.
Publisher: Wild Rose Press (June 30, 2011)
