Susie Taylor

Wildflowers of Fayette County Susie Taylor

Wildflowers of Fayette County is a provocative and passionate story of love, friendship, and what one is willing to sacrifice for another. When Lydia Mason, a freelance photographer from Connecticut, finds herself injured and alone along the bank of the New River Gorge, she is sure to die. Until she is rescued by a Daniel Bowman, a quiet mountain man who resides in a cabin atop the majestic hills, overlooking the renowned bridge in West Virginia. Daniel refuses to take Lydia to the local hospital, arguing that his backwoods remedies would serve her condition better. Lydia reluctantly concedes to Daniel?s proposal, knowing that her ill tempera-ment has distanced her from her family and friends, limiting her care options, if she were to return home to her posh life in Connecticut. Personality and lifestyle differences fuel the fire for an unpleasant living arrangement between the unlikely pair. But as Lydia is introduced to the people in Daniel?s life, she learns that his simple existence is much more complicated, than what appears on the surface of the antiquated conditions surrounding her. Lydia begins to develop feelings for her gentle caretaker, as a series of events reveal Daniel?s abounding selflessness and patience. Another less-subtle trait is exposed when Lydia realizes Daniel's use of sex to relieve stress and express emotion. This characteristic unveils the women in his life that contribute to the complications promoting this erotic response. Lydia is left to wonder if Daniel has feelings for her beyond their current circumstances, or if she is destined to leave the majestic mountains, never knowing his true feelings for her. Will Daniel choose to reveal himself before it is too late or will his loyalty to his friends and lovers supersede his affection for Lydia?