When Dreams Tremble - Radclyffe
By: Radclyffe
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When Dreams Tremble takes place in Bolton Landing, New York, and environmental biologist Dr. Devon Weber works to preserve the beauty and protect the wildlife of the popular scenic tourist town. Radclyffe’s description brings back fond memories for readers who have been to Lake George. Those who haven’t had the pleasure will be able to visualize the three hundred square miles of parkland that surround the enormous lake nestled in the Adirondack Mountains.
Radclyffe clearly depicts “the unmistakable sounds of morning in the mountains.” Imagine a small rustic cabin in the woods, revel in the crisp clean scent of nature, and feel yourself relax. Successful Manhattan attorney Leslie Harris is going home for much needed rest and relaxation in the rustic setting of her parents’  lodge at Lakeview Cottages. What she doesn’t count on is dredging up past regrets when she reunites with her childhood friend Devon—making the trip an emotional rollercoaster.
Devon and Leslie are both haunted by the past. The longing Dev feels as she revisits the pain of rejection intensifies when they reunite after fifteen years. Devon has changed since her troubled youth but she is not over her first love. Using powerful metaphors to emphasize her points, such as “The phantom passion, like the taunting memory of a lost limb…” (p. 62), Radclyffe expertly shows us how the effect of a kiss lingers in our subconscious long after the fact and can be both painful and cause longing at the same time.
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