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Author: Lauren Trentham Release Date:  February 5, 2019 Underneath the romance aspect of the story was a story of strength, unity, and the struggles of living the life of a "military wife".  This element really carried this story and it kept me flipping the pages.  Harper is a military widow looking for a purpose in life after her husband, Noah, was killed while he was deployed.  Left with a son, Harper moves back home to grieve and to start life anew.  Fast forward five years later and Harper is going through the motions with life, an unsatisfying job, and a non-existent love life.  Answering a distress call from a friend living on the military base, Harper visits her old neighborhood where Noah and she shared before his life was tragically cut short.  While visiting her old friend, Harper becomes curious about the guy that gave her a huge check at Noah's funeral saying that it was for a "brave award".  She goes out on a mission to find Be...

Author: J.S Scott Release Date: November 7, 2017 I finally got around to reading this book and I was not disappointed at least of the intensity and rawness of this story. I have followed this series and I could not wait to read Xander's story.  Xander was a rock star who witnessed the murder of his parents which resulted in addiction and PTSD.  If you have been following the series, then you know that Xander is the younger brother of Micah and Julian from the previous books. Desperate to have their brother back, Micah and Julian hire a "housekeeper" to help Xander heal and boy does she do it!! Samantha is on a mission to help Julian stay clean and to become involved in society again, no matter the cost.  Unable to deny their attraction to each other, Samantha and Xander embark on a steamy journey, but will Samantha stay after the summer is over? Xander's story just wowed me because it was so grounded and raw.   Even though I have never suffered from PTSD ...

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A young widow embraces a second chance at life when she reconnects with those who understand the sacrifices made by American soldiers and their families in award-winning author Laura Trentham’s  The Military Wife . Harper Lee Wilcox has been marking time in her hometown of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina since her husband ,  Noah Wilcox’s death, nearly five years earlier. With her son Ben turning five and living at home with her mother, Harper fights a growing restlessness, worried that moving on means leaving the memory of her husband behind. Her best friend, Allison Teague, is dealing with struggles of her own. Her husband, a former SEAL that served with Noah, was injured while deployed and has come home physically healed but fighting PTSD. With three children underfoot and unable to help her husband, Allison is at her wit’s end. In an effort to reenergize her own life, Harper sees an opportunity to help not only Allison but a network of other military wives eager to ...

Author: Lauren Landish Release Date:  September 25, 2018 Welcome to 2019 my lovers.!!!   As you all may know, I love cowboys. No, not the football team (I do not like football), but I am talking about the hot, untamed, tall glass of "I reckon" bourbon, and brash talking cowboys. They are my favorite and this is my first one of 2019. Yayyyy!   I am so excited to speak with you guys again about my fav genre of romance.!! Let me proceed by doing my checklist for cowboys….Hot with a capital H?….check. Rough around the edges?….check..Southern charm that can melt your panties right off?...check.   It's safe to say that this cowboy meets all the qualifications. Now let's jump in this review. I am going to start off by saying that I really enjoyed myself reading this book and it was hilarious with its southern mannerisms.   This story is about a professional bull-rider named James who recently came back home for the summer after his father passed. I just wa...

Author: Hope Ramsay Release Date: 12/4/2018 Let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of Hope Ramsay and I once had one of her books as my star reads.  So imagine my surprise when I heard that she was starting a new series. I rushed at the chance to get my hands on anything Hope related, but……. Yeah……I did not enjoy this story very much. 😔 As I stated before, this is a new series and the first installment is about Jenna, lonely woman who just inherited a huge chunk of money, and Jude, a sailor with a heart of gold who just wants to keep his culture and family land relevant.   Jenna has come to town to meet her long lost relatives when she eyes Jude in all of his sailor glory.   She boldly approaches him and ask for sailing lessons.   Completely thrown by this request, Jude reluctantly agrees and this pushes the story into motion.   The one interesting thing that I found out about this story is the race dynamic and the rich culture.   Jenna i...