Review: Lovely surprise read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
I found this little gem while trolling the AllRomance web site and decided to read the excerpt.  I expected a little lighthearted romance with between a military man and a young woman - something you might read after a book hangover.  But what I got was this multi-layered, surprisingly emotional read with some nice erotic elements and a heavy dose of realism regarding PTSD.  Wow!  Tara and Mike meet in a bar and start a relationship.  Then a major life event changes things, hurtful words are spoken and Mike and Tara don't see each other for five years.  We pick up now with Tara struggling with her new responsibilities and Mike dealing with some heavy demons and a life changing injury .  I absolutely loved Mike.  Yes, he was an utter dx#$head in the beginning but oh how he changes.  His words to Tara both warmed and broke my heart.  At one point when Tara is crying, I started to cry when Mike soothes her with his statements. Tara is a strong woman who has dealt with the curveballs thrown at her. While I liked both characters, Mike was my favorite. This is the second in what appears to be a series but it can be read as a standalone.  I took a look at the first in the series (which I one-clicked, by the way) and that is when we meet several of the characters we see in This Time.  I love surprise reads like this!  The only reason I did not give this 5 stars was because there is a scene that seems to come out of no-where and is left, for me, unresolved, but it may be because I didn't read the first one.  But it is still a first class read!