Free From "Contempt," and Ready to Test the "Water"!

I finished reading Wendy Williams' steamy novel, "Hold Me In Contempt," last night.  I am so glad to be done with it!  It wasn't horrible, but it got a little boring in the middle, and picked up nicely in the end (and left room for a possible sequel.)  It was a somewhat decent mix of romance, mystery, and friendship.  I guess I would best describe it as "Romeo & Juliet" meets "Law & Order." Attorney Kimberly Kind falls for drug kingpin Rig "King" McDonald.  Honestly, the only reason I would buy another book by Wendy Williams would be if it were a self-help book, or if I'm really desperate to find out what happens next in the story.  She's got a series of books featuring a character named Ritz Harper that I thought I might enjoy, but after reading "Hold Me In Contempt," I've decided against purchasing any more fiction she writes.  Instead, I'm getting ready to dive into a book by my favorite author, Richard Paul Evans.  "Walking On Water" is the last book in his epic series, "The Walk," and I can't wait to see how Alan Christoffersen comes to the end of the journey!

In this fifth New York Times bestseller in the Walk series, Richard Paul Evans’s hero Alan Christoffersen must say some painful goodbyes and learn some important lessons as he comes to the end of his cross-country walk to Key West.

After the death of his beloved wife, after the loss of his advertising business to his once-trusted partner, after bankruptcy forced him from his home, Alan Christoffersen’s daring cross-country journey—a walk across America, from Seattle to Key West, with only the pack on his back—has taught him lessons about love, forgiveness and, most of all, hope.

Now Alan must again return west to face yet another crisis, one that threatens to upend his world just as he had begun to heal from so much loss, leaving him unsure of whether he can reach the end his journey. It will take the love of a new friend, and the wisdom of an old friend, to help him to finally leave the past behind and find the strength and hope to live again.

I expect I'll need a box of Kleenex to get through what is sure to be another epic page-turner by Richard Paul Evans, and I don't mind!  I do have one question I hope RPE answers in his book:  Who will Alan end up with, Nicole or Falene?  I have a pretty good idea, based on something mentioned in one of the previous books in the series, that it will be Falene, but only time and the turn of a page will prove me right or wrong!