Review: Mike won't listen and Leanne couldn't tell.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
I'll Settle for Love (The Trampled Rose Series) by Michelle Lynn Brown is one powerful book, don't let the title fool you.Leanne recently married, was running from a home life full of darkness and secrets and a mother's constant belittling and censure.Mike, her husband, was a master fixer upper.  Now, everything was falling apart and Mike couldn't fix it.Mike and Leanne's daughter was not normal but Mike kept overriding Leanne's concerns urging her to give Karen more time and understanding.Leanne was falling apart; the strain of caring for a 4-year-old autistic daughter, a 2-year-old rambunctious son, hiding from her past and her marriage crumbling was causing her to withdraw even deeper into her feelings of self-loathing.Mike wouldn't listen and Leanne couldn't tell.I'll Settle for Love (The Trampled Rose Series) follows the life of Leanne and Mike McKinley as their marriage is falling down around them. The novel is filled with many scriptural truths and practical applications that everyone can use but especially those hurt and hurting.Michelle Lynn Brown writes a raw and inspirational book about abuse, self-loathing and the dangers of "playing" at Christianity.  She holds no punches when describing what a true marriage, with Christ as the foundation, should look like.This book will touch anyone married or single, male or female, young or old, there are an abundance of scriptural gems to glean. Just one warning-once you start reading you won't want to put it down.