Review: A SOLDIER'S PROMISE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2013
I was eagerly awaiting the release of A SOLDIER'S PROMISE by Laura Scott after reading the excerpt. Who doesn't like a tortured hero, especially the one with a little daughter whom he adores?A SOLDIER'S PROMISE is another installment in Crystal Lake Series, and it made me wish I could visit it. Besides beauty of the lake, small-town values and kind-hearted people drew me to this place. People like ER nurse Julie Crain.Julie is recovering from a broken engagement, and the last thing she needs is to risk her heart again. But that's exactly what happens when she offers her place to stay to newcomers in town and ER patients - handsome single dad Derek Ryerson and his daughter Lexi. But how can she not help them when hotels have no vacancies and he needs to recover from a car accident?Derek faces his own moral dilemma. He loves Lexi with all his heart and will do anything to protect her from things - and people - that might hurt her. But does he really knows what's best for her? Strong and kind, he is still running away from what he thinks threatens Lexi. He also runs away from faith. Julie is an amazing heroine. Not only she helps his physical wounds heal, she is determined to do the same with his spiritual and emotional ones. Even when she is falling for him while knowing he just passes through town.Will Derek's secret tear them apart? Or will Julie help him believe again - and save him and the happiness of his little daughter? The answers are in A SOLDIER'S PROMISE. I loved the theme of self-sacrifice, and the bond between father and daughter was very touching. It is a beautiful, kind, and tender story, and I can't wait for the next book in Crystal Lake Series to be out.