Not Even for Love

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
Sandra Brown fans will be wild about this handsome hardcover edition of Not Even for Love, a timeless story of a woman and the two men who love her that spent more than two decades out of print. After her husband's death, Jordan Hadlock leaves her midwestern hometown looking for a change. She finds it, as well as the stability she craves, managing a bookstore in Lucerne, Switzerland, and soon becomes involved with aristocratic Swiss businessman Helmut Eckherdt. But Jordan is determined never to risk her happiness on love again, and she intends to let the wealthy, powerful man follow through on his offer to marry her. Then one stormy night, she offers shelter to American photojournalist Reeves Grant. The handsome stranger bursts into her life and, in one mad moment, she surrenders to passion and shares intimacies with Reeves she's never permitted her would-be fianc￯﾿ﾽ. Afterward, Jordan realizes it's now impossible for her to agree to marry Helmut...but she believes she can never marry Reeves, either. After all, it was her desire for security that ruined her first marriage. How can she hope to be happy with a man who has built his career on risking his life while traveling the world? Trust Sandra Brown to find a way to bring these star-crossed lovers together. Sue Stone

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Sandra Brown, author of fifty New York Times bestsellers, is known for creating gripping love stories filled with insight and emotion. Here she explores the conflict facing a young woman abroad who's torn between two men -- one who wants her to be his wife and one who wants her to be his lover.

On the surface, Jordan Hadlock has it all. A great job managing the English newsstand in the old quarter of Lucerne, Switzerland. And rich and renowned Swiss industrialist Helmut Eckherdt intent on marrying her, even though she hasn't said yes. What more could she ask for? A clap of thunder and a pounding on her door soon give her an answer. Reeves Grant appears seeking shelter from a sudden downpour, but the real storm is inside Jordan and the passion they share that night. The next morning he disappears without a trace.

Still reeling from the encounter, Jordan plays hostess at Helmut's lavish dinner party, where she receives two more shocks. Helmut announces that he and Jordan are to be wed -- at the very same moment she spies Reeves Grant snapping pictures of the event and her new "fiancé." Now Jordan is moving toward the altar with a man she likes but doesn't love. And working on a feature of the wealthy Helmut -- often only inches away from her -- is photojournalist Reeves Grant, bringing with him all the memories of the emotions she felt one special night, emotions she can't help reliving whenever he is near.

In Not Even for Love, Sandra Brown, as always, captures the wild fluctuations between doubt and desire in complex relationships...as she offers us the engrossing tale of a woman who must learn to trust her instincts to discover exactly who she is and what she wants.