Review: Alex, Meghan, secrets and one happy ending.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2014
Another top notch read by Halliday.Alex Vallja-Marquez is a man who is haunted by the deaths of sixteen of his men and women at a Special Forces base in Afghnistan. Its eating him alive especially on the anniversary of the bombing.Marquez himself was badly wounded when a woman who worked as an enterpreter at his base blew herself and her nine year old son up. In the process she was responsible for the dead and wounded within the base.Marquez was also the commander of the base and he feels responsible for the deaths. He felt there was something he could have done to prevent it. Of course there wasn't but no one not his brothers Drae or Cam or anyone else can say anything to convince him otherwise. Its a demon he lives with every day.Being commander weighed heavily on Marquez. Something his brothers thought but never knew for sure until Marquez was so badly wounded.They both learned how badly it ate at him when he had to write letters of condolence to the families of those who were killed when sent out on missions. Men he sent out. How he felt personally resonsible for those deaths. Being commander was one tough row to hoe for Marquez. He wished he'd been able to refuse the promotion that made him commander but according to his commanding officer he was the best man for the job. Duty. A small word that means so very much to a man like Alex Vallja-Marquez.When hospitalized after the bombing Marquez wrote letters to the families of each of those killed by the bombing. He felt it was his personal duty as the commander of the base. Major Alex Marquez is a man of honor and duty.Marques was put back together after the bombing but he's usually in loads of pain with a very bad left side and leg. Sometimes the pain is so bad it lays him out for a day or two. Its just something he has to deal with. Something that his brothers and the folks at the villa are well aware of. He's left strictly alone per his request when he's dealing with the pain.Meghan O'Brien was engaged to a man who was killed in that bombing. A young man Alex, Drae and Cam knew quite well. Major Marquez's personal touch with the letter eased Meghan's pain.Meghan and Marquez exchanged many letters while Marquez was hospitalized undergoing therapy. Her letters helped him and his letters helped her. After a while it was a holiday card once a year but they did keep in touch.O'Brien was a big winner in the lottery and decides to take a roadtrip around America.One of the places she lands is Sedona, Az. The home of the Justice Team and Alex Marquez. She decides to stop and introduce herself to Major Alex Marquez.So begins one damned fine read.This one has Alex, Meghan, Cam, Drae, Lacey, Tori, the rest of the Justice Team at the villa, a secret Meghan has been carrying since the death of her fiance, friends, lovers, Meghans family and Alex and Meghan reaching for love and life.Five Stars and then some. Hope Brody is the next Justice Team member we get the story on.