Recently selected as the Best Author by
readers of Entertainment Weekly, Nicholas Sparks is one of
America's preeminent storytellers. Now Sparks spins a tale about
a man, a woman, and the devastating secret that threatens to
keep them apart...
Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was
killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. Missy had been
his first love, and Miles fervently believes she will be his
last. As a deputy sheriff in the North Carolina town of New
Bern, Miles Ryan not only grieves for Missy, but longs to bring
the unknown driver to justice.
Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews. The second grade teacher
of his son, Jonah, Sarah had left Baltimore after a difficult
divorce to start over in the gentler surroundings of New Bern.
Perhaps it is her own emotional wounds that make her sensitive
to the hurt she first sees in Jonah's eyes, and then his
father's. Tentatively, Sarah and Miles reach out to each other.
Soon they are both laughing for the first time in years...and
falling in love.
Neither will be able to guess how closely linked they are
to a shocking secret-one that will force them to question
everything they ever believed in...and make a heartbreaking
choice that will change their lives forever.
In A BEND IN THE ROAD Nicholas Sparks writes with a
luminous intensity about life's bitter turns and incomparable
sweetness. His affirming message carries a powerful lesson about
the imperfections of being human, the mistakes we all make, and
the joy that comes when we give ourselves to love.
