Lovers and Strangers

by Diane Chamberlain

(1990)

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Shawn and David basked in the love of their small family. But when their little girl died, they were torn apart by grief. Certain their life is over, Shawn reluctantly lets David follow her to a primatology work site in the jungles of Peru. Amid the jungle’s splendor and danger, their fate will be sealed forever . . . one way or another.

Fleeing to a tropical paradise after the death of their child, Shawn and David learn to put aside blame for the accident and love again. With their perfect marriage being torn asunder by their mutual grief, blame, and guilt over the death of their little girl, Shawn and David Ryder journey to the jungles of Peru, where they are forced to confront their intense feelings for each other.

Diane Chamberlain is the New York Times, USA Today and (London) Sunday Times best-selling author of 27 novels. The daughter of a school principal who supplied her with a new book almost daily, Diane quickly learned the emotional power of story. Although she wrote many small “books” as a child, she didn’t seriously turn to writing fiction until her early thirties when she was waiting for a delayed doctor’s appointment with nothing more than a pad, a pen, and an idea. She was instantly hooked.