"A fun grown up fairy tale"

Peter and Wendy may not be children anymore, but that doesn't mean they've grown up. Or have they?

Wendy Thompson is a successful attorney, engaged to be married, in Arizona when she receives word that the mother of her dearest childhood friend has died. Some strange urge convinces her to return home for the funeral, even though she never knew the woman well. Booking a flight on a new airline, Neverland Airways, she takes the first flight she can get. Never in a million years did she expect to see him on the plane, the one who taught her how to fly... Peter Kelley lives in California now, where he ended up after being sent to boarding school as a young boy, then going on to college. He has no ties to the home of his youth and hasn't for many years, but he's never forgotten the little girl with whom he whiled away many happy hours as a child.

When the two bump into each other on a flight home, old feelings that had never been fully understood, and thought pushed away forever, come rushing to the surface again, the love they feel for each other now anything but childish. Can they overcome past hurts and present complications to fly again?

Ms Robins has taken a childhood classic and put a new spin on it that is anything but childlike, in spite of her characters' vow to "never grow up!" Peter and Wendy have a new story that will enchant readers, just like the fairy tale did in its original form. Wendy's love for Peter, though innocent in her younger days, held strong even after he left, not wavering, though pushed far back in her heart as something that could never be. Peter had never forgotten Wendy, and he often wondered about her in his adult life. When they finally have the chance to be together, he refuses to let her go again.

None of the cast has been forgotten in this modernized, grown-up version of the tale. Readers will find Hook, the Lost Boys, Bell, even the crocodile, though they are now in new forms and in some cases, play slightly different roles now. For those who, before growing up, loved the story of Peter Pan, this story can bring back fond memories, shaping them into new emotions to be experienced as an adult. Fly on over to the computer and pick this story up today, and again share the joy of "never growing up."

© Kelley A. Hartsell, April 2004. All rights reserved.

Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Courtesy Love Romances
Posted May 3, 2004

Summary

Peter taught Wendy how to fly. As children, they shared first love, magic, and adventure until the day he was forced to leave. Reunited almost twenty years later, their feelings for each other flared to life once more. But was it enough? These days Wendy kept her feet firmly planted on the ground, while Peter continued to reach for the sky. Could they meet somewhere in between, and find their happily ever after?