Review: What a really great story about love and moving forward!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2013
I given the opportunity to read this book and although I didn't read the two prior to it I was able to figure out what was going on and follow it pretty easily.  That being said, I really wish the book was longer.  I fell in love with this story.Rafe is the kind of man who feels everything to his core.  Being a Army man, who has grown close to his dead friends widow and kids, he goes beyond the call of duty and becomes a huge part of their lives.  As you might imagine, Rafe being the good guy he is, starts to feel things for Hannah pretty much right away.  It turns out, our sweet widow Hannah, feels the same things.Hannah is a mom of two small beautiful little girls, who now has to raise them alone.  Tom, her husband, has died and left her in the protection of Rafe.  The guilt she feels about moving on with her life without Tom, made me feel on so many different levels.  I understood she was lost and devastated and being with Rafe has helped.  When things start to heat up between them, I love that she still thinks about Tom and doesn't just pretend he is completely gone.  I see a lot of stories gloss over the loss of a spouse, Renee took us to that dark place of facing it.The side story of Serena and the secrets she has kept and the lies that she has told was an emotional shock for me.  I wanted to strangle and hug her simultaneously.  Part of me totally understands it.  Another part of me wants to know how anyone could tell such a lie and still go about their business.  But then I remember that she has suffered too....I am totally going to read the other two books because this one stole my heart.  I loved it.  I give it 4 lipsticks.  I absolutely recommend you read it!