Review: The Solitude of Passion – Addison Moore

When old love and new love collide an impossibility is born.

When Lee Townsend’s husband leaves on a community outreach to China, the last thing she expects is for him to never come back—for him to have tragically met his demise.

Lee goes on to marry his adversary and settles into life and business with him, merging her vineyard with his and creating a worldwide conglomerate.

Five years later a twist of fate brings the past back to her and forces Lee to make a decision that will change the landscape of her life forever.

Secrets emerge, forcing relationships to be examined—magnifying the surprising true underpinnings of her marriage to both Mitch and Max.

Lee’s heart is unwilling to surrender her love for either Mitch or Max.
She must choose to carry forward with the past or present.

Lee has a choice to make.
Mitch can’t figure out how to win.
Max never loses.
Worlds collide in THE SOLITUDE OF PASSION

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Release Date: August 13, 2013
Publisher: Addison Moore
Source: Inkslinger PR
Reviewer: Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

In THE SOLITUDE OF PASSION, Lee Townsend finds herself smack dab in the middle of an ugly love triangle between the husband she thought she lost (Mitch) and the husband who picked her up and put her first (Max).  It’s a story about fighting for what you believe in and love and hoping, in the end, you come out a winner.

The premise of the story drew me in, and I’ll admit, so did the cover.   The story started out well, Lee thinks her husband Mitch has died in China and over the course of several years, falls in love with their high school friend, Max.  A few years into their relationship, Mitch returns from the dead and is determined to get his family back.  Lee was stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to figure out where her loyalties lied.  And for a while, I could sympathize with her and couldn’t image the choice she was being forced to make.  But then the story started going down a path I didn’t like.  Lee was stringing both guys along, making promises to one that she choose him while sleeping with the other.  It started to feel icky and my logical self started demanding that Lee make a choice, NOW.  And if she couldn’t make the choice, then one of the guys needed to realize that he was really second best in her eyes and move on.  But none of that ever happened.  Lee never really made a choice, fate and circumstances took care of that for her.

That’s not say that Mitch and Max don’t hold any blame with Lee’s inability to make a decision.  They both pushed her, believed her when she made promises and forgave her when she gave in and ended up in bed with the other.  I think if one of them had truly gotten pissed at her and forced her to really decide, even if it meant walking away from both of them, it would have made a world of difference.  And don’t get me started on the kids.

I know that not every book is for every person.  Others have loved this book, but for me it was one that started off well, but ended with me not liking the characters, especially Lee.