Review – A Promise of Safekeeping by Lisa Dale

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Summary:
A beautiful new tale of redemption from the author of Slow Dancing on Price’s Pier

Nine years ago, Lauren Matthews prosecuted the case of a lifetime. But her error in judgment sent an innocent man to prison for a long time. Now Arlen Fieldstone has finally been released, and Lauren has only one thing on her mind: asking forgiveness. How can she make up for nine years of his life?

To get to Arlen, Lauren must first get through Arlen’s best friend, Will Farris. Will hasn’t forgotten Lauren from those days, and he hasn’t forgiven her for destroying his best friend’s life. He is Arlen’s keeper, protecting him from suspicious neighbors as well as from Lauren.

In the steaming summer streets of Richmond, Virginia, three people’s lives collide. Lauren needs forgiveness. Arlen needs hope. And Will? He needs something too, something that no one can know-especially not Lauren…

DiDi’s Review:
A Promise of Safekeeping is an emotional story about secrets, righting wrongs, facing personal demons and letting grudges go.

In A Promise of Safekeeping we meet three people who’s lives are intertwined by an incident nine years prior.  Arlen was sentenced to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Lauren was the prosecutor who sent Arlen to jail, she wants his forgiveness. Will is Arlen’s best friend and determined to protect him and help him adjust to life out of prison, oh and Will has a strong dislike of Lauren for destroying Arlen’s life.  Will’s protectiveness makes it hard for Lauren to get close enough to Arlen to apologize.

Arlen is having problems re-adjusting to being a free man.  Will and Lauren both want to help, which means they have to get along and trust each other, therein lies a struggle. Will is supposed to trust a woman he’s despised for nine years.  Will tells Lauren, that for him to get to know her so he can trust her enough to let her near Arlen, she needs to help him “pick” items for his re-sale/antique shop.  Will starts to see Lauren differently and they start to form a bond and attraction that adds another hurdle. How will Arlen feel about his best friend and the women who stole nine years of his life falling in love?

A Promise of Safekeeping is not a story where Lauren finally apologizes and all is rosy, we are taken on an emotional roller coaster involving three very complex characters trying to come to grips with the pain and difficulties of the past nine years.

I was very impressed by the depth of emotions of each of the characters, the twist at the end add an extra bit of drama.  I am an epilogue junkie, so I do have to say I would have enjoyed a “where are they now” epilogue.

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