Scars left from a tragic accident denied Elyssa Jarmon the opportunity to return to her role in front of the camera. Indeed, she lost her job and her boyfriend in the same day when he tried to transfer from television to radio where the audience couldn't see her scars. Instead, Elyssa resumed a job she loved years ago, working as Lulu the Clown. Her favorite place to entertain kids is on the cancer ward of a nearby hospital, which is where she meets the pediatric oncologist Brett Cameron.
The beautiful reporter on the late news entranced Brett. When Elyssa disappeared from the screen, he didn't think much about it until she showed up regularly to perform the children in his care. Although she's extremely reticent about spending time with him, Brett is determined to know her better. Never mind he's decided that a busy career and family life don't mix, and that he's been terribly wounded by the loss of a wife and child. But as danger closes in and as Elyssa realizes the car wreck was no accident, Brett is swept away by the woman behind the clown makeup.
When Elyssa was initially injured, her fellow reporter Randy was driving the car. He was killed in the accident. A year and half later, his widow Jenny approaches Elyssa with her suspicions that the wreck was no accident. Someone wanted Randy's story stifled. Elyssa's eventual inquiry sets extreme danger into motion.
Author Lorna Michaels pens an intriguing romance about recovering from scars, both internal and external. Unfortunately, Elyssa comes across as superficial when the reader learns that "she wasn't disfigured". Her need for perfection also seems extremely superficial when her slight facial flaws are contrasted with a woman with a double mastectomy or children with cancer. However, Michaels does successfully balance Elyssa's superficiality when a surgeon promises better results toward the end of the book, and she declines, expressing satisfaction with her appearance. Also, I had a problem with Brett being so wildly attracted to a woman covered in clown makeup during the first month of their relationship, especially when she "smells like sex" after entertaining children for an hour. Nevertheless, I can't help loving a heroine able to wield a skillet her own defense. THE TRUTH ABOUT ELYSSA is recommended.
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2001
