“Humor can be the initial attraction”

While waiting to make a donation to a mental hospital, Victor Lawrence literally runs into what he thinks is a mental patient in a wheelchair. After getting up, he finds a beautiful zany woman who pushes his buttons. Trying to get Ashley Lorentz back to her room, he learns she has no hospital status. He falls in love with her offbeat wacky sense of humor and though prudent with his heart because of an ex-wife, jumps into a relationship with this intriguing woman.

Ashley is a product of foster care and has low self-esteem but valiantly tries to bring joy into the lives of others around her. She is very tentative when it comes to giving her heart away and she fears the agony of someone breaking her heart and leaving.

Ashley, a caring loving person volunteers to watch over Victor when he suffers a concussion. During the night, as his injury worsens, he becomes disoriented and mistakes Ashley for his ex-wife. When he wakes up in the hospital with no memories of the evening, Victor must solve the puzzle and figureout how to get Ashley back.

This novel runs the gambit from outrageous humor to heart breaking emotional upheaval. During the story, you pull for the hero and then the heroine. Mary Janice Davidson’s style of story telling is very evident with LOVE LIES. Her talent for pulling off these unusual circumstances is to be applauded. ( )