Review: A Heartfelt Story of Loss, Love and a Second Chance at Love and Life with a Special Someone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
I received an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.What can I say? This story is as real and heartfelt as they come, and anyone reading this must have some tissues at the ready when they start reading chapter 1. The collaboration between H.M. Ward and Stacey Mosteller in this story is stellar. I've read their stories in the past and both ladies did an awesome job with this one. It broke my heart so many times knowing that many women, and also men, who are married to service men, or women, have gone thru similar situations of loss and love, and come out with new hope and love in their lives.Genevieve is a military wife who can't believe that she has a Chaplain in her home about to tell her that her husband had died. And to top her grief, she didn't get a chance to tell her husband, Cade, that she was pregnant after trying for so long to have a baby. After the baby is born, she dedicates her life to him and feels that she has all she needs, although she is in a continuous funk and always turns down anybody that brings up having her set up with someone.Daniel is the lawn boy that Cade had hired when he was a teenager to work on the yard and help with any repairs while Cade was deployed. After Cade dies, he still continues to take care of things around the house as before. He is young and hot, and Genevieve takes notice of him but put on the breaks at the beginning because he is 11 years younger than she is.When Genevieve sees Daniel take care of CJ and her on one of her low moments, she starts seeing him with new eyes and new emotions arise that lets her know that love didn't die when Cade passed away. But what is she to do with all of it when the person she has become interested in is too young for her?The secondary characters added to the feelings and emotions that Genevieve is going thru in her life. At many points in the story, I couldn't believe the things that her mother said, that I wanted to yell at her myself so she could open her eyes to what she kept saying.Again, this book deals with some real issues and emotions that it made me feel like the story was inspired by true events. It is amazing that Holly and Stacey co-wrote a book so emotionally charged, that had me wanting to know what was going to happen next at every turn of a page. Awesome job ladies!