Redding Walters

Once Upon a Wharf Redding Walters

A romantic memoir that brings the reader along for the ride as Dr. Loreen Beisonig reignites her dormant heart. When Loreen walks in on her husband cheating with the neighbor, the transgression lights a fire under her to take back her life. Only five years into this May-December marriage after a lifetime of singlehood, Loreen bolts out of their home toward her future. Loreen has spent her career dedicated to understanding seahorses. The tiny, bashful fish with the long snout and the curled tail has taken her on research - and romantic - adventures around the world. The species is known for mating for life, but coupledom in the seahorse world means a lot more independence than most other bonded pairs experience. Her marriage to the much older Howard, on the other hand, was anything but free. They've been tightly bonded since the moment they met. When Loreen discovers his infidelity, she is launched on a journey in search of her one true love, Alex "Moonlight" Adams. As she escapes her quiet hamlet of Saratoga, California and drives north on U. S. Highway 101 through California's breath-taking Sonoma, Mendocino and Humboldt counties, Loreen ruminates on lovers from her past. Arriving in Westport, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula for a new research project, Loreen is reminded of Moonlight, the one lover she wishes she never let go. Loreen's act of rebellion brings her face to face with the love she thought she'd lost forever. "Once Upon a Wharf" is a romantic, sexy adventure of friendship, trust, science, history, and community, and the magical things that can happen when you open your heart again to true love.