Trouble Don't Last Always (Against the Odds")

Fleeing an abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford escapes her small east Texas hometown in her ancient car, hoping to build a new life for herself, but when her car breaks down in rural Louisiana, Lilly takes a job caring for Adam Wakefield, a bitter, reclusive, and depressed former neurosurgeon who had lost his eyesight in a brutal carjacking. Originally published as The Turning Point. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.