{"product_id":"the-capricious-rhythms-of-love-thomas-william-simpson-9798261954705","title":"The Capricious Rhythms of Love","description":"The summer of '46. Rural Vermont. The war not yet a year over. So many deaths still fresh among the living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinn Byrne, prominent battlefield photographer for \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, has come to the Green Mountains to work on his book of famous combat photographs. Out hiking, he winds up injured and lost in the woods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Louisa Freeman, local physician and descendent of slaves who arrived in Vermont via the Underground Railroad, finds Mr. Byrne and helps him to safety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Capricious Rhythms of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is their story. It is not love at first sight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo much separates them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat a pleasure to write an old-fashion love story. A crisp, bright, classic, three-act love story. A meeting. A romance. A resolution. No idea why it took me so long. Or maybe I've been writing love stories all along and was just too bullheaded to recognize it. Stumbling over myself in the dark. Too bleary-eyed to see straight. Too high and mighty to admit it all comes down to love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinn Byrne is not a country boy. He's New York City born and bred. Manhattan. Hell's Kitchen. For the past dozen years, he's been in Europe shooting wars-Cyprus, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany-for the Associated Press, NY Times, Life magazine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLouisa Freeman is 100% Vermont born and bred. A high-spirited Green Mountain country girl through and through. Louisa comes to Finn's rescue up on that secluded ridge trail and their lives spin away in unexpected directions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe's rural. He's urban. She's college educated. He's a high school dropout. She's emotionally devastated and only once beyond the borders of Vermont. Finn is a citizen of the world but adrift, disconnected. Louisa's a homebody. Finn has no home. She's grounded. He's filled with wanderlust. One a woman and one a man. One black, one white. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd both, in their own way, broken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan the wide abyss separating them be crossed? Can love, true love, triumph? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Capricious Rhythms of Love\u003c\/i\u003e runs about 70,000 words. It is third-person narrative told from Finn's and Louisa's points of view. We hear not only what they say but we know well what they think, even if at times they are highly confused and uncertain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas William Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798261954705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d","brand":"Thomas William Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997434949887,"sku":"9798261954705","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-capricious-rhythms-of-love-thomas-william-simpson-9798261954705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}