The Man from Her Past

by Anna Adams

It's taken five years for Cassie Warner to come to terms with the violent act that shattered her life and resulted in the end of her marriage to Van Haddon. Now, for the sake of her ailing father,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373714351
• ISBN13: 9780373714353
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

The Man From Her Past told a touching story about a father, daughter/ex-wife and ex-husband.

The 3 major characters had to do major soul-searching, have tough honest conversations, & admit their mistakes in order to reunite as a family. Cassie’s young daughter Hope was conceived under dire circumstances, circumstances she was far too young to comprehend. Hope called her Mommy’s ex-husband Mr. Van & grew to love him; Van had a hard time when he first saw Hope but she captured his heart.

Not for the faint of heart...

Whoever said that Harlequin romances don't deal with tough issues has never read this book. Five years ago Cassie Warner was raped. Her husband, unable to deal with what happened, became distant. Pregnant with the rapists child, Cassie left. Now she's back. Her father is ill, and not only does she have to deal with an aging parent, but the man who never stopped loving her. This book is not an easy read. It's a good one, full of lots of deep emotion and family drama, but it's certainly not a light summer read. This book takes a hard look at the issues that affect families as well as deep emotional traumas. This story moved me to tears at times. This story is a raw, well-written look at family dynamics and rekindling love in the face of great adversity.

Readers will appreciate this angst filled family drama.

Five years ago, Cassie Warner was raped. Unable to cope, she divorced her spouse Van Haddon although she still loved him. Next she fled their hometown Honesty, Virginia unable to look at her family either. Before leaving she warned her father and her ex husband to not contact her. Now with her seventy-three years old father Leo mentally ailing, Van contacts Cassie, who has come home from Washington state where she worked in a woman's shelter to help her father. However, she plans to avoid Van Haddon who she still loves because she cannot deal with his condemnation of her daughter Hope, a result of that violent act. As it is she knows the gossips will have a field day. However, Harmony is too small for Van and Cassie not to meet; as they still love one another, he wants her back, but must prove that her daughter is his too even if she was someone else's seed. This is a character driven second chance at love filled with realistic protagonists suffering from anguish caused by the rape. Ironically, the result of that violent act is the aptly named Hope, a precocious little girl who executes her septuagenarian grandfather's matchmaking plan to bring her mom and her dad (in Hope's mind Van is dad) back together. Readers will appreciate this angst filled family drama. Harriet Klausner