Malcolm Forbes, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Fiction is full of characters falling in and out of love. Less common, at least outside the realm of slushy romantic comedies, are novels in which lovers go their separate ways, voluntarily or otherwise, and later reunite to revive what they lost.

H.S. Cross’ new novel, “Amanda,” is about two individuals, Marion and Jamie, who seem destined to experience love a second time around, providing they can overcome their differences, share their secrets and banish their personal demons. The book charts a torrid affair and a period of separation, from both characters’ perspectives. Then Jamie embarks on a mission to find Marion again — but does she even want to be found?

In Cross’ first section, the focus is on Marion. It is the summer of 1926 and she

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