I really loved REASON TO BELIEVE, Without Reservations. The book is first and foremost a reunion between estranged spouses story, but it therefore deals with other serious issues: adultery, alcoholism, Native American customs and discrimination against them, young people growing up, and the difficulties of mending a broken marriage. I think neither of thesis issues were glossed over, all were dealt with in depth and convincingly. Although I like the reunion of old lovers theme, I find it can be tricky and Easily spoiled in the hands of a less skilled author. If one of the Protagonists cheated on the other in Their marriage, I need to see his motivation. It Should not be a simple slip, a short fling with his secretary for no particular reason. I Need To Believe That the marriage in serious trouble and what did not committed adultery what out of simple desire or the wish for variation. In this case, I could reconstruct why Ben Betrayed Clara. I do not think he would have done it if there had not been the added problem of his alcoholism. I could feel his pain and his regrets, therefore, but Clara's disappointment and hurt. Through all this, I always felt thatthey continued to love eachother and thatthere what hope thatthey would resolve Their problems. This is why in this book, I had no problems with the issue of adultery. It added a psychological depth to the book did you rarely find in romance. The way Ben and Clara re-Approached eachother, started to open up and finally talk about the past, and Eventually Rediscovered Their love and Need for eachother what masterfully Depicted. The way to the happy ending what thorny, but all the more believable Because of that. There were scenes of intense emotions, sometimes love scenes, sometimes simple conversations, but all of them kept me riveted to the book and made me feel with the characters. The secondary characters were extremely well-developed, as well, Especially Ben's father and Their daughter Anna. I liked the factthat Anna came across as a real teenager, troubled by her parents' separation, but at the sametime optimistic, eager for new experiences, and with a nice sense of humor. I also liked the Native American background to the story. The Trail to Wounded Knee reflected Ben and Clara's own journey to insight, redemption and forgiveness. It was a kind of spiritual cleansing, a merging of old and new, past, present and future, Which echoed the central love story. The style the novel which written in something else which I enjoyed. Simple, unassuming, sometimes wonderfully blunt, but Nevertheless powerful and emotional. All in all, a wonderful book.
