Review: ****4.5 stars***** A beautiful and touching story dealing with emotional trauma and overcoming it.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
********4.5 stars************I received an ARC in exchange for honest review*Retuning home after serving two tours Timber Nelson is haunted his time in Iraq has been left with memories that he can’t forget ones that he relives in his nightmares every night.Katherine ‘Kat’ Pierce was a girl from his high school, one that his friends use to bully. Kat has a tough feisty attitude, she’s a fighter, but something from her past had changed her and left her guarded.Touching Scars was an emotional and heartbreaking at times, but there was also compassion and love. Not wanting to give spoilers, all I will say is that Timber and Kat are two people who are lost and broken. Their pasts have left them both with demons, and nightmares that still haunting them.“Looking at her now, one would never guess that she was nearly as broken as I was”.“Before Timber, I’d simply existed in my life. I hadn’t been living it.”I really liked Timber and Kat such a great match. Their chemistry is hot and passion is hotter. They have great banter together. My heart went out to them as I started to learn more about the reasons behind their demon, and what they go through. I like that their relationship builds slowly, and that it’s one based on wanting to help, to protect, to heal each other and wanting to forgive in order to move forward with their lives.“Kat was healing me from the inside out and she didn’t even realize it”.“I had to let him in and be a part of my life and not be so guarded around him. There was no other way for me to describe how I felt around but…safe. He made me feel completely protectedThe storyline is told from Timber and Kat’s POV, and I really got an insight into what they both were thinking, their feeling, their vulnerability, their fears and emotions. Loved Timber he has that alpha side, but he is also caring and gentle.“Kat was someone I was falling in love with. It wasn’t a fleeting feeling that came and went. She gave me a new sense of purpose. It went above and beyond any hero mentality I’d taken on. She made life worth living. I wanted to heal her like she was healing me”“I enjoyed being around him. He’d made me happier than I’d felt in several years. There was something to be said about the feeling of contentment, and he gave that to me.”I loved all secondary characters except for one whom I wanted to punch, but the others such as Mel and Beaver were funny made me laugh so many times.Overall I really enjoyed this one. I have read Stacy Borel first two books, which I enjoyed, but I have to say this is my favorite. Again it was well written, with characters that I instantly warm to and fell in love with. Loved the romance, and the sexy moments. This was definitely one of those books that I didn’t want to put down I was engrossed from the start. I liked the pace the book, I loved the last 25% the suspense, the anxiousness that I felt that kept me on the edge of my seat. No cliffhanger just another sweet epilogue.Touching Scars is beautiful and touching story dealing with emotional trauma and overcoming it. I recommend that you 1-click today.