Return to Love: A Novel [Paperback]

Anita Stansfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

A dramatic and romantic novel by best-selling author Anita Stansfield.

Janna was scared - plain and simple. No matter how she looked at it, she knew she would never be free of Russell Clark. She couldn’t explain it, but something inside her told her it was only a matter of time before he found her. She knew his mind. She knew his determination. And she was scared.

When JannaLyn Hayne walked out of Colin Trevor’s life to keep him from learning her terrible secret, she turned her back on true love and married Russell Clark, a man who first appeared to be the perfect husband, but whose temper threatened to destroy her life. Now in the moment of her darkest despair, she and Colin meet again. Can the love they once shared be rekindled? Turning to each other and the gospel, can they build a future after years of pain and deceit? Or will their past - and Russell’s fury - shatter their one chance for true happiness?

Anita Stansfield’s riveting new novel is the ultimate contemporary romance, filled with passion, drama, suspense, and everlasting love.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 319 pages
• Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577341260
• ISBN-13: 978-1577341260
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anita Stansfield has been the reigning queen of LDS romantic fiction for more than a decade, although her general market releases have been among her readers favorites. Her work has shattered the stereotypes of romance novels with her trademark ability to combine great storytelling with intense psychological depth as she focuses on the emotional struggles of the human experience. Her novels cover a huge spectrum, from the eighteenth century to the present, from heart warming to heart stopping. Hundreds of thousands of readers agree: Anita Stansfield's characters and the lives they lead are not easy to forget.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars reader from Arizona, August 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Return to Love: A Novel (Paperback)

Return to Love addressed many important themes, didn't pull any punches or sugar-coat the subjects. A worthwhile read, but some of the writing could have been stronger. I felt too many scenes were "told" rather than "shown". Especially glossed over were some of the most emotional scenes between Trevor and Janna. Instead of giving the reader a word by word, blow by blow (emotional, not physical) description of some of the actual interaction between these two characters, we were simply told "such and such passed between them", then read the after effects of the scene, which left me with a bit of a dissatisfied feeling. I would like to have gotten under the characters' skins more, experienced what they were experiencing in some of these dramatic scenes, rather than simply be "told" a scene happened. Still, given the topics Return to Love tackled, I thought it overall a worthwhile read.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the best, March 11, 2000

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Carol Austin (Longview, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return to Love: A Novel (Paperback)

This book deals with issues like teen pregnancy, abuse, and abandonment. Anita Stansfield has written a series of books that all tie in together. I've read nearly all of them and this is by far my favorite. I really liked the characters JannaLyn and Colin. This book showed the powers of prayer and love. Prayer lead them back to each other and love kept them together. Oh yeah, this book isn't about Mallory and her husband. The other reviewer got that mixed up. Anyway, I can read this book over and over again, and just skim through the best parts. Read it. You'll enjoy it.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Return To Love, Anita Stansfield, June 16, 2000

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"dstokes99" (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return to Love: A Novel (Paperback)

I found this book to be very touching. It had a lot of true to life subjects such as first loves, unwed mothers, spouse abuse, human kindness. I couldn't put this book down. I cried a lot through it. I can't wait to read the authors other books.