Night Into Day (Har­le­quin Super romance#278) by San­dra Can­field is another buried trea­sure read. How many romances out there can you rec­om­mend that fea­ture an imper­fect heroine? Are you look­ing for a romance that deals with real­is­tic issues? Are you look­ing for a book that fea­tures mature adults who knock down obsta­cles to find their way to happiness?

Night Into Day by Sandra CanfieldAlex Far­rell has suf­fered from Rheuma­toid Arthri­tis for 10 years. It’s the kind of RA that is defor­ma­tive, debil­i­tat­ing and painful.  Besides hav­ing to deal with that, Alex’s pre­vi­ous rela­tion­ship nearly destroyed her self-esteem so she is a bit wary of start­ing a new rela­tion­ship. The hero, Patrick O’Casey is a famous foot­ball player who is charm­ing and cocky. He spots Alex from across the room at a party and remarks on her beauty.  Almost imme­di­ately he asks her to dance only to real­ize too late that she is in a wheelchair.

Patrick unfor­tu­nately, makes quite a few blun­ders with Alex when faced with her dis­abil­ity. How­ever, Patrick refuses to be thwarted and keeps on try­ing to win Alex over. See, Patrick feels as if Alex can see deep into his soul. Patrick could have any woman he wanted but he didn’t want any­one who was super­fi­cial or fake. He wanted a real woman. He wants peace within him­self and he feels that he has found it with Alex. Of course Patrick is given time to make a deci­sion about being in a rela­tion­ship with some­one with a dis­abil­ity. It is not a easy deci­sion to make. That means under­stand­ing that there will be fum­bles that also include the emo­tional pit­falls in hav­ing to deal with Alex’s long-term illness. Aside from Patrick’s fears and uncer­tain­ties, Alex has to con­vince her­self that some­one actu­ally wants her and loves her. Their jour­ney to the HEA is a nice one to watch unfold.

This book I believe is out of print. If ever your in the used book­store, you should seek this one out. Unfor­tu­nately, the author her­self lost her bat­tle to Rheuma­toid Arthri­tis. She left behind a decent sized back list that is worth check­ing out. My grade, A. This book is a keeper because the author man­aged to make me believe that these two peo­ple were meant for each other. This was a very enter­tain­ing read that had the added touch of emo­tion that left a stu­pid smile on my face. Read it.