This is the story of Patrick and Maggie. Patrick is an American businessman in Ireland on.. well.. business. He is married with two children. Maggie runs an inn and is unmarried. They meet, she isn't impressed with the "Yank", she becomes impressed, things progress. Promises are made, Patrick goes home and promises are kept. Things aren't the same and apparently haven't been for about a year, unbeknownst to him. Twenty years pass. History repeats itself. Happiness is found.
Russ Durbin's writing is wonderful. It seems to be written by a person with a business background -- a nod, I am sure, to the main male character. The prose flows without flourish or grandeur. It is very matter of fact. However, rather than reading an account of the happenings, the reader feels like he/she is watching. It is very good writing.
It isn't a long book -- a little less than 300 pages -- and it reads so smoothly and progresses so well that it goes way too fast. This is one of those books that you wish there was a sequel but a sequel would actually spoil it. It is perfect as it is.
I recommend.
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