For Bitter or Worse — Janet Dailey

Stacy wondered: why wasn't love enough?

Cord was still confined to a wheelchair a year after the crash--bitter, lashing out at everyone especially his wife. There seemed to be no way to convince him that her love was not pity.

"It would have been better if I hadn't been pull from the plane wreckage, " he told her. And Stacy despaired at her inability to comfort him.

Then Paula Hanson, a confident physiotherapist arrived. She taunted Cord into helping himself, restoring his interest in living. But had she also replaced Stacy in his life?

Hero: Cord Harris
Heroine: Stacy Harris