Are We Home Yet? (ePub)

Merritt Lamarre, a beautiful lawyer, has it all, a prestigious law firm, a fabulous home and a sizable trust fund. At thirty-seven, she loves her life and her freedom. She has overcome her own difficulties, especially the death of her own mother at age fourteen and a distant father, to become a success. She only dates younger men because they are usually adverse to commitment, as she is. Then she meets Ian, a man with movie-star looks, and falls in love. He is tender, charming and loving and unlike any man she has ever dated. So despite her desire to maintain her independence, she falls deeply in love with him. Unfortunately, Ian has custody of twelve-year-old Corey, a complication Merritt does not want in her life. Then Ian disappears and Corey is devastated. Merritt's life is thrown into chaos. She must contend with Corey and his pet boa contrictor, Anakin, Corey's mother, a heroin addict, and Ian, who calls her from time to time but will not disclose his whereabouts. Merritt feels inadequate as she tries to help Corey, contend with Corey's drug-addicted mother, and maintain her law practice that represents some very disturbed and difficult clients. She is forced to make difficult decisions about her own future while trying to find Ian, worrying about Corey and facing the truth about her own troubled past. Meanwhile a troubled child watches, misbehaves, worries about his parents, and wonders what his own future will look like. Merritt never wanted a family. Yet she finds in Corey trust and an enduring love that changes her view of what family means. The characters in this book, some funny and kind, others confused and frightened, and others angry and possibly evil, will keep you turning pages to see what the future brings to Merritt, Corey, Ian and others.