Never Give Up

Network reporter Jay Holmes assigned to cover the war in Iraq returns home to Boston a sick, broken man. With his boss's approval, Jay heads to Florida's Gulf coast to put his life back together. Following a family tragedy and confronted with a cheating husband, British born Syndicated Medical Columnist Taylor Ryes flees to Florida from Chattanooga and seeks comfort from her childhood friend Eliza. Jay and Taylor's paths cross briefly at Tampa International. But the next week, under odd circumstances, they meet again. From that moment on, Taylor finds herself drawn to Jay as a friend. Jay, on the other hand, cannot seem to shake her from his mind but does not want to intrude into her life. Even though Taylor dates Owen, a local electrician with a successful business, she and Jay do grow very close-close as two people can who, despite the twists and turns in their lives, would travel anywhere in the world to help each other. But their relationship changes in this riveting, compelling novel as they unravel a dreadful secret Taylor's parents withheld from her. Will they survive that secret?