Review: A very good read.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
This book was sort of hard to get into for the first few chapters, but once I did it was so hard to put down. The writing was excellent and the story just seem to flow effortlessly.After years and years working at about every kind of job you can think of....Lacy Owens has decided to try a career as a realtor, but things are moving way to slow and she's finding it very hard to keep her head above water. She decides to watch the obit pages in the newspaper with hopes to find potential clients in the future. She been to a few funerals already, but this time she runs into a brick wall aka; Lieutenant Commander Mick Riley, and as a result she ends up flat on her back.Lieutenant Commander Mick Riley, a member of the fabled SEAL Team Six, can't pull his eyes from Lacey Owens at the funeral of his mentor. There is just something about her that he can't shake. She's not a raving beauty like most of the women he's dated in the past, but that doesn't really seem to matter in this case, because he still can't seem to get her out of his head for some reason.After agreeing to dinner together, they decide to become friends. It all works fine for a little while anyway....They play scrabble or monopoly with a group of their friends, or they all just hang out and share dinner & drinks together. But the attraction towards one another becomes to strong for either one of them to ignore. Her friends tell her not to worry about the future, just live for today. The trouble is...she's not the just "love em' and leave em'" type of person and he's not the settling down type. He's married to his career and could be called back into action at any time. If she let's herself fall in love with someone like him, she could be in for a world of hurt when he picks up and leaves her behind.There's a lot happening in this story. First you have Maeve who inherits the house they live in from her grandmother. She's divorced and has a few other deep dark secrets of her own to work out.Then there's also Bess. She also rents a room from Maeve and unbeknownst to them at the time...she's pregnant with her abusive ex-boyfriends baby. She keeps that secret to herself until she's outted by Jack...A fellow Navy officer that works along side of Mick on the base.Through out this whole story; all of these people interact closely with one another. In fact; they all become sort of one big happy family. Those bonds and close friendships they form together, make this a very warm- hearted read.Would I recommend this book? Most definitely, yes!