"BURNING BRIDGES"---by Anne Krist--Sara Richards' world is rocked when three love letters from 1970 are delivered decades late. Picking her way through the minefields of distrust and betrayal, Sara finds that putting her life together without burning any bridges will be the hardest thing she's ever done.

Burning Bridges by Anne Krist


Love letters delivered decades late send shock waves through Sara Richards' world. Nothing is the same, especially Sara's memories of Paul, a man to whom she'd given her heart years before.

Sara Richards' world is rocked when three love letters from 1970 are delivered decades late. The letters were written by Paul Steinert, a young sailor who took her innocence with whispered words of love and promises of forever before leaving for Vietnam. Sara is left behind, broken-hearted and pregnant, yearning for letters she never received. Now, years later, she discovers the betrayal wasn't Paul's when her mother confesses to a sin that changed their lives forever.

How can Sara reveal to Paul's parents they have a granddaughter they've missed the chance to know? Even worse, how will she find the words to tell her daughter that she's lived her life in the shadow of a lie?

Picking her way through the minefields of distrust and betrayal, Sara finds that putting her life together without burning any bridges will be the hardest thing she's ever done.   


MY REVIEW:   BURNING BRIDGES by Anne Krist is a powerful love story which reminds us that real love is imperfect and complex, but well worth having. Sara and Paul were young lovers kept apart by manipulation and self-doubt. Sara believes Paul was killed in Vietnam, and he never knew that she bore his child. Decades later, Sara receives recently discovered letters written by Paul from Vietnam. Her mother had blocked most of the letters they had written to each other. Her father had told her that Paul had been killed in the line of duty. Sara decides to visit Paul's parents to tell them that they have a grown daughter. When she reaches his family's farm, she finds Paul himself! Many deep emotional issues are faced before the love which Paul and Sara have always felt for each other burns old bridges and builds new ones into the future. 


Anne Krist

"Consider the role strangers play in your life. An unknown postman, for instance, who hides a bag of mail for decades. When I heard about this real-life event, I wondered how lives might change when those letters were delivered. Specifically, how they might affect two lovers. Add a war, a child, and a parent’s betrayal. I give you Burning Bridges." ~ Anne ~