Keeping Caroline

by Vickie Taylor

After the death of his son, the sound of childhood laughter brought only pain to K-9 police squad officer Matt Burkett. But it's the silence his wife Caroline couldn't stand. She wanted a baby; Matt... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373272103
• ISBN13: 9780373272105
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

A different type of story

This is a great story concerning loss both emotional and physical. After a time of healing both parties come together again realizing that love has remained, but the disillusionment remains. Mix in a cool law enforcement job and a tug at your heart strings child or two and you have the makings of a special book.

It's A Keeper

Vickie Taylor's new book is extraordinary. A fascinating story, not about finding love, but about re-finding love. Two people, their marriage torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy, endeavor to find what they once had and have it again. This is the story of Matt Burkett and his maybe almost ex-wife Caroline. Ms. Taylor's riveting dialogue and exquisite plot twists draw us in until we ache with the pain of her characters. Their secrets. Their desires. Their need. For redemption, for love, for each other. It's another great read from a great, great writer. Well done.

Emotion-packed story--compelling

Since he lost his son, K-9 cop and hostage negotiator Matt Burkett has withdrawn into himself, thrusting away his wife Caroline and any hope she might have had about having another child. After watching her husband become a stranger, Caroline returns to her roots--with a secret. Despite the precautions that Matt insisted upon, he is now a father again. When Matt shows up with divorce papers, he is forced to confront the dangers of living again--but is his love for Caroline merely Matt's overdeveloped sense of responsibility, or does he really love her enough to try again. When danger threatens his family, Matt is finally forced to chose between life and death. Author Vickie Taylor has written a powerfully compelling novel of emotion and redemption. Both Matt and Caroline have made terrible mistakes, refusing to confide some of the most important events of their lives in one another. Taylor avoids the temptation to whitewash Caroline's behavior having wise friend Savanah confront Caroline with her own fears--including the question of whether Matt isn't the only one who blames himself for their son's death. Taylor details the events that force Matt to step up to his life more tightly than those facing Caroline, yet clearly both must grow, must transform themselves, and must learn to trust one another before they can take another chance at love.