A VIEW FROM ALAMEDA ISLAND is a standalone read with a happy ever after. There are some sex scenes if that is an issue for you. They are not real graphic and most fade away before anything happens. This story is about a woman in a very abusive marriage. She married a man 10 years older than her when she was 23. He was a surgeon and well on is way to being the best in his field. His problem was his personality. He was abusive, cruel, mean and just a down right pig. He treated nurses the same way in the operating room and had a couple of lawsuits filed against him.
He controlled his wife by threatening to take her 2 daughters and then later he vowed to cut them off from all the money they were use to. Refused to pay for their college. So she stayed and suffered the abuse. She knew he held all the power and there was little she could do against him. But once her girls were on their own she quietly went about getting everything done and then filed suit for divorce.
He was still mean and cruel and set out to make her life miserable. He lost it one night when he went to her house and forced his way in. He beat her in the face until she went unconscious and then he left. She came to, called 9-1-1 and when the police came she handed them her phone which was on record. The phone had captured his voice and his actions. He was arrested.
Meanwhile she met a man at the gardens at the church. She thought he was the gardener. He wasn't, he was just putting some plants in the soil. They talked briefly and she enjoyed his company. He meanwhile was going through a divorce of his own. His ex-wife was a real nut job.
Throw in two step-sons for him and then her two daughters and there is a big family to consider. It was a really interesting read. I really enjoyed the story and I definitely recommend it. It is a good story showing you never know what is going on behind closed doors. Money is sometimes not all what it is cut out to be. Sometimes the man planting the garden has a much better life than the man that owns the garden. Interesting read.
I was not paid for this review. I am not a writer nor do I know one. I am not kin to this author. I am a reader and this is my opinion, nothing more, nothing less. 5/31/2020
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