Valerie and those around her are experiencing the all-encompassing emotions of love. Valerie tells her friends, The Romance Club, all about her dynamic third year of marriage to Alex; the passionate love, the scorching arguments, the troubled pregnancy, and all the truimph of dreams coming true. We meet Valerie's neighbors, Otis and Abigail, and the physical and emotional abuse that is in their home. We meet Isaiah and Ruby, and their son and daughter in law, longing for a baby. And we meet Barta, whose love for her young children guides her cleverness as she saves her children in Nazi run Amsterdam during the holocaust. We are with Valerie and the PACE organization at the scary sit in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960. We now learn the story of Claudia, so madly in love with her boss, Saul, Alex's father. We find out that Sister Mary Louise has fallen in love, a forbidden love. Now, seven years later, Alex wants Velerie back. She knows that this is impossible until... In every situation, love cannot be denied, and couples are in each other's arms. A captivating second chance novel that entertains, enlightens, and inspires.