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Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite
In Carole Wolfe’s Run Around, attorney Angela Laing seems to have a perfect life and career as a partner in a Texas law firm and as a devoted volunteer for CASA until her past catches up with her. While in law school, she and her boyfriend, Gregory Ferguson, kept a big secret. When one person who knew about it, Nicole, a former classmate, blackmails her into attending a law school reunion in Austin, Angela reconnects with Gregory, now a candidate for attorney general. She must face her past as her carefully controlled world begins to fall apart, threatening Gregory’s campaign, costing her job, and forcing her to confess to her friends. She can’t outrun her past anymore, but can she give life and love a second chance?
Run Around was a surprisingly enjoyable, character-driven, and twisty story. Carole Wolfe maintains a fast, engaging pace, cleverly capturing the tense reunion and the friendship among Angela’s running group, the Runarounds, with scenes filled with banter and emotional breathing space for Angela. The author uses timely paragraph breaks and sharp, witty dialogue to manage the pacing, expertly handling charged scenes like the confrontation with Nicole at a hotel and the first mentoring session with Robyn. The characters are complex and genuinely flawed. I was fully invested in Angela, a very competent attorney who can easily dismantle a blackmailer, but who is weak in the face of fears she has outpaced for decades. The setting is well-rendered, with details of urban Austin and small-town Stadium, Texas, meticulously drawn. This is a story about friendship that offers a unique angle, exploring reconciliation and a chance to make things right after decades.
