Ann Wheelock

Although she is ashamed of them, Ellen’s deep blue crossed eyes are exotic, erotic, appealing, appalling, and—much to the chagrin of her father—fascinating to the boy who grows into the only man she wants in her life. Running in and out of each other’s lives for decades, they share intimacies, family problems, triumphs and tragedies every time they meet, but can their love ever be complete?

All her life someone else has been making choices for Alma—but this one she insists on making herself. Her daddy had made a business deal, including her marriage, which drastically affected many lives. Can this type of marriage work? Can real love develop from it? Can two people from different backgrounds survive through their personal and professional highs and lows to become a couple? When she inherits the business, she decides to manage it herself, her way, with advisors of her own choosing. Alma gains accidentally what she always wanted, but almost loses it because of misleading choices.