With This Ring

Prime Time #5

by Ruth Hay

With This Ring is the fifth story in the Prime Time series.

The fifth novel in this series examines marriage in all its complexities.
Lynn’s marriage is in crisis as she contemplates her husband’s retirement plans. Alina wonders if marriage is advisable so late in her life, and Anna faces a relationship possibility that turns her life upside down.
This story will make you think about the institution of marriage in the 21st century in new ways, as you contemplate the significance of rings in your own life.

Prime Time Series
Book 1 - Auld Acquaintance
Book 11 - Time Out of Mind
Book 111 - Now or Never
Book 1V - Sand in the Wind
Book V - With This Ring
Book VI - The Seas Between Us

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2014

About the author

Who is Ruth Hay?
I am a retired teacher-librarian who loves books, reading, writing and storytelling.
After a lifetime of writing for education purposes, I can now create the kind of family-friendly stories I have always loved to read.
I have been lucky enough to travel and those adventures feature in my Prime Time novel series.
Visit Scotland, England, Greece, Italy and Egypt with my heroine Anna Mason.
Have you ever known a family that didn't have some kind of mystery to solve? Anna Mason's family is no different. The thing that most surprises, and shocks, Anna, is how much was hidden from her.
How does she uncover the answers? That involves time, travels, a concealed journal and a new home in Scotland that gradually gives up its secrets. Not until the sixth, book, are the most unexpected developments revealed.
In 2016 I added a new chapter to Anna's life story. Read it in Return to Oban. Will there be more? I can't wait to find out!
Also in 2016 the Seven Days Series was completed. What a busy writing year! This series introduces four women who reunite in a luxurious holiday in the English Lake District. Of course, they have a wonderful time together but no one could have expected the surprising events that set off changes lasting far longer than just one week. There are six novels with the last having two sections. Lots of heartfelt reading for you. Which of the women will be your favourite; Zoe, Valerie, Corinne or Sandra?
In 2017 I am working on a new series. Sign up for my monthly Newsletter www.ruthhay.com to get updates.
Thank you for being one of Ruth's Readers.

Reviews

[Marie Blodgett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the Countryside!

I love the friendships, love stories and the family connections. Delightful stories and a great series that are enjoyable to read.

[Joan Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good reading

I can’t say enough I love this book also. I thought the series was at an end and now I have to read book 6

[patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Anna decides she wants a portrait of Helen at the Oban house she searches and finds a painter, in Canada, who will take on the job. Anna and Alina are going to Scotland and Lawren the artist comes with them. Alina's sight is worsening and she wishes to see Oban while she can. With This Ring one of the two find love. Ruth Hay once more gives life to the Sambas.

[Carlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely! Anna wants a portrait painted of Helen, her benefactor, but has only a few poor photographs for the painter she chooses. At the same time Lynne is having a crisis of sorts as her husband wants to retire in his home country Greece while she wants to remain in England. Meanwhile, Alina and Phillip's attraction for each other deepens while he designs the house for Lynne and her husband. Sounds like a soap opera, and it sort of is! But I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the last book in this very different series.