Every Time You Go Away

Every Time You Go Away by Beth Harbison           Audio Book:  8 hours, 13 minutes           Paperback Book:  320 pages               Genre:    Paranormal Romance

Willa has lost her husband, Ben and has been grieving for the past 3 years trying to force herself to continue living and going on with her life.    She can’t even be much of a comfort to their son, Jamie, because she is so distraught and her world as she knew it is gone.  The family own a beach house which is where Ben was when he died of a heartattack.    Willa has not be able to go there since because of all the memories it holds of all the good times they have had there over the years with family and friends and friend’s children.    After much thought, Willa decides to sell the beach house in Maryland.   Summoning all of her courage she knows she has to go there and clean it up and get it ready to put on the market.     Her son, Jamie cannot stand the thought of going back there knowing his Dad died there, Willa’s best friend has to work, but, promises to come up to the beach house that weekend to join Willa and help her get it sale ready.  So with much dismay Willa begins the trek dreading it all the way.    When she arrives there is a lot of work neede to be done to update the place and when she contacts a realtor she gets an even longer list of to dos on the place.   She decides to stay as long as it takes to get it all done and over with from there the story takes off into the paranormal range.   I don’t want to spoil it for the reader, but, it is really well done and I think anyone who is a fan of the ghostly, a fan of romance novels, anyone who has lost a loved one and anyone who enjoys a good read will find this book pleasing.    It shows the remorse of losing someone you love, the reality of not being able to function, the inability to be there for others as much as you would like when you are drowning in your own pain and the guilt of not being the comforter to your own children when grief surrounds you so wholely and the value of dear friends in your time of need and understanding.    Well done, well told, enjoyable read.