A Senior Love Story: Love Never Dies? By Richard Estrada Corey My book is a new twist on an old love story: What happens when the love which burned brightly during a 12 year marriage is reignited when the two lovebirds are reunited as senior citizens? What happens when the lovebirds confront that awful addiction monster called alcohol? Will the lovers find a solution and move on through life together or will their love be incinerated in the flames like the fabled phoenix? (Unlike the phoenix, the lovebirds won’t get another chance at life.) As seniors live longer, the opportunity to reconnect with a lost love increases. By this point in their lives, seniors may be locked in the chains of addiction to alcohol or pain killers. My book offers an interesting and insightful treatment to dealing with love and addiction through the lens of faith and consistent prayer to God. Frankly, prayer was my outlet: was I making the right choice to return to Elaine? How could she be awakened to realize she was an addict and that her addiction was tearing us apart?\t I am an accomplished author. In this book, I move from children’s fiction to adult autobiography to write my own story, A Senior Love Story: Love Never Dies? I unfold my true story of a love which was ignited during young adulthood in California and then was rekindled during my retirement years in Cottonwood, Arizona. This love story is part of a growing national trend. In My Boyfriend’s Back, Donna Hanover recounted several true short stories about lovers who discover that the flame was not quite as extinguished as they thought it was: after decades apart, they reconnect successfully, marry, and find happiness. A Senior Love Story: Love Never Dies? is unique in the genre. I met the love of my life, Elaine, in San Francisco when I was 26. We fell in love and were married for 12 years. She helped me raise my children from my first marriage and launch them to successful adulthood. Unlike Ms. Hanover’s book, we do not find our happily ever after due to Elaine’s unsolved addiction to alcohol. By delving into two very different literary genres—a love story and a story of the effect of alcohol on a relationship---this book explores the positives and the negatives within a senior love story. Throughout the challenges faced, I talked with God to seek healing--a solution to Elaine’s addiction. While being in love with Elaine again awakened my heart to feel joy after so many years and while it opened me up to inhale the sweet fragrances of the roses of love, it also meant that I had to deal with the very sharp thorns of the circumstances I faced. As I realized that she was not going to free herself from the chains of addiction, I became depressed. My heart broke! After a very serious stroke, I recovered and wrote this book. If my writing can help another senior avoid my mistakes or help them find a better path, then my life has all been worth it! Millions of Baby Boomers are at the point in their lives when they think wistfully back to the love who got away. They wonder if there is still a spark of desire or the flame of love still burning in the other person’s heart. This book is for those who are thinking about seeking out a lost love—but with their eyes wide open. Whether we are 20 or 75, the excitement of love can cloud our perception of the situation: we might gloss over our love’s bad habits or addictions in a headlong rush to find happiness. This book is about being alert to a potential problem, dealing with that problem—or being oblivious to the issue completely which has negative ramifications on this love story. I am the author of The Bloodline: The Doberman Family about a family of brave Dobermans who escape an abusive situation and seek their forever home. The book can be purchased from Barnes & Noble and Amazon. My new book is available at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon. Thank you for reading this. My goal is to bring the positive lessons I learned to your millions of readers and help them avoid the pitfalls into which I fell.