Duty Calls, by Sherry Gloag, is a book that kept me reading nearly start to finish (I had to put it down to sleep, finally). Published by Black Opal Books, this new contemporary romance gets you invested in the characters and leaves you rooting for the happy ending.
Rafe is a cynic when it comes to love and romance. His father is one that put duty before love and Rafe is determined not to let love into his life. As a high profile architect, he is contracted by an old college friend to come to England and design some chalets for retired government personnel that need someplace out of the public eye to retire to. There just one catch. The chalets are located on his deceased father's estate. The estate that he is supposed to step up and take responsibility for but refuses. Of course, Rafe is unaware of all of this until he reaches England. The last time he stepped foot on this estate, he nearly lost his life - but he also spent a memorable night with a woman that disappeared with the morning light.
Trudi is the caretaker of the estate. Rafe thinks she is immoral due to a misunderstanding that isn't cleared up for quite some time. She lives at the estate with her friend that is dying of cancer, her friend's daughter and her own daughter. The two little girls win Rafe over with their sweetness, and Trudi gets to see the his nice side in his interaction with the girls and with her friend.
Trudi has a problem though. Well, a couple of problems actually. For one, she was in a brutally abusive marriage for years, so she doesn't trust easily. For another, the night she fled from that marriage is wiped from her memory. All she knows is that, on that night, she helped a stranger escape. A stranger that she can't remember. And it was the night her daughter was conceived. Will she be able to bring herself to trust another stranger?
This is a great read that you are sure to enjoy. Hopefully there will be a follow up book for a couple of the other guys in the book too. They could definitely carry a book on their own.
Duty calls can be found at the following links:
Black Opal Books (.pdf format)
Barnes & Noble (Nook)
Smashwords (various formats)
Amazon (kindle)
If you are in the Columbus area and own a Nook, you can go to any local Barnes & Noble and use their free wi-fi to download this book.
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