Nothing will ever be the same for Michael Anderson, a renowned San
Diego surgeon, after losing a little girl on the operating table. He blames
himself, rightfully, having stayed out the night before to indulge in his
exotic nightlife.
A half continent away, Justin Brooks leaves his bride-to-be standing at
the altar when he runs from the church as if it were full of vampires.
Leaving his hometown behind in a fog of guilt and self-doubt, he finds
solace in the vast desert wilderness of far west Texas, as a ranger in Big
Bend National Park.
Their paths cross where the river and desert and mountains meet the
sky and a friendship is born. Together, as one day runs into another,
they find peace in the whispering hues and textures of the arid land; and
they begin to heal, learning more and more of themselves and each
other. In the haunting desert solitude, they set their stride toward a new
horizon. They love the mountains, the sunsets and the poetry of the
land, and they realize they have fallen in love with each other.
Michael, beset with increasing pressure to revive his skills as a doctor,
finds it impossible to accept the responsibility. Not until he and Justin
face losing everything they had found, do both realize yet another
destiny in the Big Bend. Neither one could have foreseen the peril they
would have to live through first.
A tale of renewed dreams, of sensual adventure and the intriguing
mysteries of two men falling in love, A Song in the Park is a celebration
of human diversity and a discovery that it's the simple things in life that
matter. Though essentially unchanged, it is a revision of the original
addition published in 2005.
