Prodigal Daughter

by Rachel Moore

At the end of the war, Sara Boskelly joined thousands of other young women on the long journey to America, hoping to be reunited with the handsome GI who had captured her heart. Sadly for Sara, the voyage was to end in bitter disappointment. Now she must return to her Cornish hometown to face the gossip and scandal she left in her wake. A sadder and wiser woman, she must make her peace with her parents and win the forgiveness of the childhood sweetheart she cruelly betrayed. For Sara now knows that the talented artist, Robbie Killaine, is the man she loved all along. But Sara hasn't reckoned on Miriam Roche, Robbie's new love. Furious at the prodigal daughter's return, Miriam is determined to keep hold of her man. Whatever it takes. And that's not the only shock in store for Sara . . .

374 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Jean Innes was born on 8 February 1932 in London, England, but she have lived in the West Country almost all her life. She married with Geoff Saunders, her childhood sweetheart, and they have three grown up children. She lived in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, where she wrote full time. She passed away on 3 August 2011, after contracting an illness, after being rushed to Weston General Hospital.

Jean began her career as a magazine writer and had published around 600 short stories. She start to published gothic romance novels under her married name Jean Saunders and her maiden name Jean Innes in the 1970s. In 1980s, she created, to wrote historical romances, two pseudonyms, her most popular, Rowena Summers and Sally Blake. In 1991 her novel, "The Bannister Girls," was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of Year award. In 2004, she began to used the penname Rachel Moore.

She was an active member and enthusiast of Swanwick, the Writers' Summer School, which takes place in Derbyshire, England, every August, she was a committee member several times, and also Vice-Chairman. She was elected the seventeenth Chairman (1993-1995) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. As a member of the Romance Writers of America she had given talks at conferences in various venues of the USA. She was a member of the Crime Writers' Association. She also was a member and past committee member of the West Country Writers' Association.

Reviews

[Anne Williams · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. I'm really not into pure romance novels at the best of times, but sometimes they have a depth of character and more going on than just the obvious. But this one didn't. I just couldn't relate to the young woman who just spent all her time thinking about her ex and how to get him back after she'd dumped him in the worst possible way. The post war, Cornwall village setting provided a little bit of interest.

[Garvit Garg · Rating 3 out of 5]

the book is very bland... it has been set in post world war era... but nothing smells of that... the plot is too thin... characters are very weak

i would have given it Two.. but the point is... and I'm not being sarcastic here.. that the author has been able to write 350+ pages about this tale is what moves me...