Title: Faithfully Devoted, Jacob
Author: Emily Dana Botrous
Date: 2025
Quote: "I promise my heart will be true until I see you again. Faithfully devoted, Jacob."
This is one of those layers-of-time stories. Recently, maybe last winter, Jacob had a cardiovascular event that temporarily blocked his memories of his marriage to Arlene and of their children. (Some readers will remember the stories of how each of those children found True Love in a long, sweet, clean romance novel.) Rereading their old letters helps him to explain, and helps the reader to imagine, the impact of a more recent letter. Jacob and Arlene are still in love; Jacob's time in the hospital helps them resolve an issue they didn't realize their relationship had.
Young authors don't usually write romances about older characters and, when they do, they seldom do it well. All of Botrous' romances have been better done than average. Jacob and Arlene are unusually nice people, but believable, as graduates in the 1970s and as grandparents today.
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