Review: Page Turner
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
First, to be honest, I had not read any of Deborah Hale's work before and this was a free offering from Kindle at the time.  I bought and read so many paperbacks over the years that I lost count, all romance, mostly historic and ended up having to take a break from reading when real life seemed to get in the way.  Upon finding the world of Kindle, I admit I have gone a bit crazy, especially with the free offerings (over 780 books downloaded and that does not include the ones I read and deleted because I didn't like them) I am always finding offered.  Lately, I read one or two novels a day, depending on the length and what ever is going on in the real world of my life.  Just passing that on so that you might understand where I am coming from to even be giving a review.  That being said, I would have loved this book regardless of the price.This book is a page turner from the very start.  I don't want to spoil the story for anyone, so will keep the details of the story rather vague.  I must admit, I found the character of Manning Forbes, the hero, to be very well built and kept me reading to see if I was right about his secrets.  Just when I though I had it all figured out, there was another turn I did not see coming.  Caddie Marsh, the heroine, has a few secrets of her own to deal with as well.  Now that the civil war is finally over, Caddie finds herself  a widow of a Southern soldier with two children to care for and has headed back to rebuild the Southern family land and home they had before the war.  Manning finds himself a Northern soldier that has a vow to honor, that being protecting Caddie and her children, whom he has never even met.What they find is that are worth much more than the people in their lives have made them feel they are worth.  They find love, true love, and that they can forgive their self...and maybe they don't really need to...and admit to and accept the love for each other will strengthen not only each other, but of the family that they form.