This is a book about mature people struggling to build and hold on to a relationship amidst all the baggage real people have. It's another one of my books that challenges the traditional definition of the romance genre and moves toward woman's fiction. Hope you like it. Rest assured that I will ALWAYS continue to believe in happy endings.

Readers say:

On Sunday June 18th I finished your book which I began on Saturday. I was moved to write to you because of Tiffany's relationship with her son.

I just found out my son who was scheduled to receive probation on June 11th was caught with contraband in his cell (Georgia) and on Monday, the state will ask for a withdrawal of his probation agreement. I am totally devastated not just from the consequences but because of the implications that he will loose his freedom for three years because of HIS ACTIONS.

As a mother, you want to soothe all their hurts, keep their lives as stressless as possible. My husband's words were the same as Jason Cates in your book and out of the 6 books I could have chosen to read on Saturday, I chose yours.

There is a higher power at work because I hate read about alcoholism, because of my own childhood with people who were alcoholics. So it was strange for me to continue to read your book and speaks to the excellent writing and the hand of God giving me insight through you to try to weather this storm.

On page 250 Jason tells Tiffany that there is a time when you can do no more, intellectually I accept that, emotionally I am kicking and screaming not to let my first born go.

But thank you for writing such a book that upon reflection in a few months I will know helped my insight into understanding abuse. My husband is already there but I am getting closer.

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THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK. I READ IT AND THE AFTER THOUGHT WAS POWERFUL FOR ME AS AN OLDER WOMEN. HOW VERY TRUE WE GO FOR THE PHYSICAL FIRST BECAUSE OF PAST HURTS AND PAINS. WE MUST START WITH THE INTERNAL BEFORE THE EXTERNAL BECAUSE FOR MOST OF US WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT OR NEED.

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I just finished Never Too Late for Love. I really enjoyed it, especially when Tiffany lost her footing and returned to drinking. It made the character seem more real.

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You've got to admit the brother really knew his stuff and how to make a women feel wonderful. The book had so many twists that it was never a dull moment in the entire book. This book took you through all the emotions and still managed to have a happy ending.

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But what I like most about this book is older people has passion also. Some people think when you reach 45 and older, the passion is going, but you let us know it still is never too late for love. Can't wait for Jenny's saga to begin.

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I am not a regular reader of romance novels, however sometimes I like to take a break and read something that I don,t have to think about too much (I hope that doesn't offend as it's not meant to) but the problem that I find with this genre is that all the heroines are in their mid to late twenties or thirties and I appreciate that and I can still relate but I myself wondered why most of the authors seem to be more mature at least from their pictures but they don't recognize that women in their 40's and 50's, and I hope beyond, are still attractive and young and finding love also.

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Jason didn't irritate me as much as he could, because I grow to be quite fond of him. Don't know why, maybe it's the author's style, sometimes witty, sometimes acerbic, always easy and readable. Jason is a nice balance of sensitivity and inertia.

But Tiffany is incredible. She isn't the typical oh-where's-my-backbone survivor of unhappy marriages. Her head is held up high and proud, and heck, she isn't afraid to get into an affair with Jason for the sake of intimacy. And when Jason gets too mulish about his obsession with Diana, she isn't afraid to throw a shouting match and walk out. Her alcoholism sometimes seems forced, especially the way it looms strong towards the end of the book, but it gives her a touch of vulnerability that makes me ache for her. I adore this woman: she still has her sense of humor, and she takes no nonsense from her man.

Somehow Tiffany and Jason have become some fascinating characters to me, and I find myself wishing I can know more about their future, their past. And since it's been awhile a book prompted such postmortem dissections and an urge to reread, I have to give this book a space on my keeper shelf.--Mrs. Giggles

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Monica Jackson has done it again! Tiffany Eastman, first introduced in HEART'S Desire, has managed to survive an abusive husband and years as an alcoholic. Now at the age of 47, she is a widow, hoping to put the past behind her and start a new life.

There is a sense of realism and depth to Ms. Jackson's characters and stories that will keep readers coming back for more. Fans will glad to know that Jenny, Tiffany's daughter, will get her own story in an upcoming book.--Romantic Times

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Never Too Late for Love is a mature, satisfying tale of romance between two Baby Boomers with eight children between them. I recommend it. --Gwendolyn Osborne, The Romance Reader

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Affaire de Coeur magazine, 4 1/2 stars

A Second Chance at Lasting Love
After an unhappy marriage and a struggle with alcoholism, forty-seven-year-old Tiffany Eastman arrives in St. Louis wanting nothing more than a chance to rebuild her life. When her former roommate's father, successful surgeon Jason Cates, offers her a temporary place to live, she decides to stay just long enough to find her own apartment. But she doesn't bargain on a sudden attraction that puts her newfound peace-of-mind--and her heart--at risk. Since the long-ago death of his wife, Jason Cates thought he would never again be worthy of a woman he could love so deeply. But even as he tries to resist his feelings and push Tiffany away for her own good, the more he yields to the simmering passion between them . . .

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BONUS scenes of Tiffany in HEART'S DESIRE