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There's Always a Reason

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There's Always a Reason by William F. Cooper is the sequel to "Six Days in January", but this is one book that can stand alone. You do not have to read the first one in order to understand the pain, hurt and disappointment the main character, William McCall, experiences.

William McCall is a good man who has everything he could possibly want from a great job to a wonderful home, and the possibilities of a pending engagement to the woman he loves.

William's life is much like ours and he takes you through some hardships viewed through the eyes of a man. A man so proud that he does not ask for any help, does not degrade himself or commit suicide when there seems to be no other way out.

What would you do if you woke up one morning to propose to the love of your life and caught them having sex with someone else?

Williams' life is on a merry-go-round: he lost his woman, his job, his home and his livelihood and ends up in a men's shelter all in a matter of days. Stop the world he needs to get off. Faced with all of this William was determined to turn his life around. In detail, William makes you feel his pain, hurt, and deception. Along with his highs, new found love and peacefulness he comes to grips with what life has to offer.

Meeting his guardian angel on earth to only lose her after her words of wisdom set him straight, he starts to get his act together and meets a woman who will help heal his heart. Linda Woodson, with a great story of her own, helps William realize his full potential and they both experience a love reserved especially for them.

This book is fast paced and drama filled from the first page to the very last. I recommend this book to all, not just women but everyone. There is a lesson to be learned. When we as women get hurt in our relationships do we ever think about our former mates on the other end of the spectrum? I loved this book; it moved me to become a little less selfish when I feel like I'm the only one wronged in my relationship, my husband does have feelings too even if he does not show them. This is a very emotional read. I'm looking forward to his next book.

Cheryl H
APOOO BookClub

Life is unfair - plain and simple. William McCall was riding the wave of success as the managing supervisor at a prestigious law firm, in love with his fiancée Anna Daniels and living in the perfect apartment. A few weeks after hiring a stellar assistant, Markham Chandler, William was fired from his job and discovered Anna in bed making love with another man. To make matters worse, in trying to overcome these challenges he could not find another job in the law field and was evicted from his apartment. Settling into living at the homeless shelter and working as the fry guy at McDonald's William couldn't see through the fog that had become his life.

Life is unfair - plain and simple. But Linda Woodson considers herself Lucky and claims that as her nickname. Lucky was born nine months after the death of her father, taught in a loving home by a single mom and survived a fast growing cancer while in college. Lucky worked all of her hardships into her career in child welfare. However, Lucky's challenge was finding someone to love her feelings of being less of a woman. Her aching desire to discover love along with the intense pain that continued to plague her body has only worsened her deep depression.

THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON is a profound love story that transcends the formula romance that so many write today. Copper's writing is reminiscent of the style of literature published during the Harlem Renaissance when writing was a craft and authors wrote with love, compassion and a desire to add to a serious body of literature. Cooper does a magnificent job in developing the characters while expressing how love and forgiveness should be offered to all just as God has provided. THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON will definitely be one of the primer love stories available this year.

Deltareviewer
Reviewing for Real Page Turners

O My GOD!! This book was so good. I just finished reading the last 3 chapters at work today and cried like a baby. I had to go to the restroom and get myself together. This book shows you what it's like from a mans point of view and it was a real page turner. I won't reveal any of it (like some people who leave reviews do), but you just gotta read it. I'll be reading the 1st book next (I know it's backwards), but I've never heard of this author before now and I'm glad I gave him a chance. It was worth it!

William McCall has been through emotional hell. He loses the love of his life, his job, and his apartment all within a year's time. William is struggling just to survive. Just when he thinks he's at the lowest point of his life, he meets beautiful Linda Woodson. Will William be able to let go of the past and let Linda into his heart? Linda is going through her own issues when she meets William but she senses that he's been through a lot of pain. Will she be able to get close enough to him to love all the hurt away? Their situation gets even more complicated when Linda discovers an ongoing medical crisis that could threaten their future together.

There's Always A Reason is a powerful novel by William Fredrick Cooper. Cooper eloquently created a touching story about a man's triumph over heartbreak.. This author does an excellent job of displaying the emotional roller coaster that a man can go through after a break-up, something that is rare in today's African-American Fiction. Readers will root for William and Linda as they try to move forward in their relationship. There are scenes in this novel that are so moving that they will bring tears of joy to your eyes. Although this novel is the sequel to Six Days In January, this story reads like a stand alone novel so you won't feel like you've missed something if you didn't read the first book. There's Always A Reason is awe-inspiring, and impressive. William Fredrick Cooper has brought a story that will surely capture the heart of every reader.

Reviewed by: Radiah Hubbert
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Reading There's Always a Reason, I found myself thinking of why it is so important to have faith and believe in yourself no matter how many bad things happen to you in your lifetime. This book only solidifies my decision and stance on having faith and holding on to it as long as I breathe. William has put forth such a great piece of positive, enlightening, upbeat level of communication about love and determination in this book. When you read William's Masterpiece, you will definetly feel the desire to be filled with confidence, change, encouragement and inspiration of knowing that having faith is the only way to live. Of course the love thang is also Enticingly Grand and Monumentally Veracious. I spent last weekend in solitude reading William's book, and after it was finished I cried and felt a great desire to connect with my ex-boyfriend to tell him that I still love him!

I loved this book.. It was a page turner to me very easy to read.. The love the characters have in this book is so real you can feel it... Its a must read

WOW. First of all its hard finding books that are written from a male vantage point, contrary to popular belief there are black men who love to read. When I saw the book was written by Zane I blew it off and assumed it was another sex novel for lonely women, boy was I wrong. Additionally, I was hesitate because it started very similar to "Killing Johnny Fry" by Walter Mosley. I thought, here we go another copycat, but after a few papers I was hooked. William grabbed me and held me through his struggle as if I was sitting on his shoulder watching the world with him. I saw myself in William, and like him cried when the going got tough. He gave me hope that being a good man, despite some flaws, was the right way to be. I loved this book and have recommended it to everyone wanting to understand what struggle and love is all about. Bravo Mr. Cooper.

There's Always A Reason is an emotional read! Characters well developed, great plot and deliverance. The story was realistic and depicts how men can fall and need a little assistance getting back up without feeling emasculated. It's also shows how an unselfish woman that has been dealt her own heartaches since the day she was born,and how she was able to find love when it mattered the most.


I'd recommend the read and definitely have your tissue ready. Job well done!

Overall rating: 5.0 stars

It is an endearing story and it had me laughing one minute and crying the next. The characters were so strong until you felt as if you knew them and actually felt their joy and pain...or like myself you actually have people in your life that are so similar to them until you couldn't put the book down without knowing the outcome. It isn't often that you read a novel about a black woman and black man giving each other unconditional love....or as my grandparents called it...that bible love, the kind that only runs from one heart to the other one...lol. There is joy, wisdom and knowledge in the pages for every reader to grasp and hold tight. There aren't many families that haven't been touched by a terminal illness, unemployment, old age, broken hearts, generational curses and even a forever kind of love so I know you will be able to identify with and learn something from William McMcCall and Linda "Lucky" Woodson. We are all given a choice as to how we live but it's not often that we are given a choice as to how we die....it really makes you think.

I recommend TAAR to serious readers like myself that are ready to read one of the best of the best. It is definitely a five star story.

William Fredrick Cooper, with the stroke of his pen , resuscitates the hearts of men and women......while enticing them to believe in love again.

Wow this is the saddest book I have read but also one of the most uplifting. Its good to read a book like this from a man's perspective and does teach us sisters a lesson not to be so judging on brothers who do not have materials things. Linda and William are a couple made for each other, I have not read the first book but will do so and hope a third book will bring us up to date on Williams life, his ex and former mentoree need to their comeuppance in book 3 and William needs to find true life long love again.