What if you fled from your small town home at 17? Would you want to go back? Vi Masters would rather eat nails. But what if your aunt begs you to perform at her 60th birthday bash? She cared for you like neither of your parents ever did. And something about her voice on the phone seems off? Vi can't say no. How bad can three days be? She can keep her secrets hidden that long. Can't she? What if you know tongues are wagging all over town like they did when your daughter ran away - when family troubles should be private? Now she's back, Ben Johansen worries the girl will shame him again in the eyes of the Iowa town he reveres.What if you've schemed and plotted to get the perfect life? But your stepdaughter could ruin it all? Would you be scared? Tammy Johansen is. Down to her bones. What if Ben finds out Tammy has always known why Vi ran? Tammy's built her life around loving Ben. What if he won't forgive her? What then? What if the girl you worked so hard to get over waltzes into the diner where you're having breakfast? What if you know you should hate her for the suspicion her disappearance rained down on you? But you can't? What if you know neither of you is the same person you were? Would you still want her? Nate Barlow does. Against his better judgment. What if you and Nate pinky-swore to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Would you keep your oath and risk her last drop of hope? Amid worries over her aunt's dementia, and facing down her prickly father, Vi's sure Nate won't give her a second chance. Not when he learns what she's done. Three days? It's no ride on a pink duck.
About the Author: Sally Crosiar (rhymes with 'closure') is the author of Find the Love of Your Life (Healthy People Press, 2000) based on how she and her first husband found each other - after both had nearly given up looking. Writing about their love story helped her heal after his death and gave her the courage to use similar strategies to meet a new love and partner on match.com several years later. Her children's book with an adult message, My Uncle Dave (Healthy People Press, 2001) about an almost true incident features first husband Dave. Blind guy falls into the pool once, reacts with is understandable fear. Outcome? Unhappy, angry evening! A week later, Dave falls into the pool again, laughs his head off. Outcome? Fun! Uncle Dave tells Eric that although we may not be able to control events, shifting our reaction can make all the difference! Sally teamed up with Dr. Sidney B. Simon to co-author Love Builders: Tools to Enhance Any Relationship (iUniverse, 2002). She has also co-authored numerous health and youth development curricula as a consultant for Cornell University, including: Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (2015), Choose Health in 4-H Clubs (2012), Youth Development Foundations for 4-H Camp Staff (2003), Growing Healthy Girls (2002), and more. Come Back is Sally's debut novel, a story of healing and family betrayal in a small Iowa town. As satisfying as she has found writing clear informative content, the bug of bringing fictional characters to life bit deep. She is currently at work on her second novel about a young woman's quest to save her family home and heritage from encroaching development. Sally lives in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York where she enjoys sailing, kayaking in the boat she built from a kit, creating wearable art, and savoring fine red wines from sunnier climes. In addition to writing she teaches health, play, and after-school programming for Empire State College and the Network for Youth Success.