Review: Very enjoyable second chance romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
In More Than A Promise, Cassie is about 3 years past the point where her fireman husband Mike was killed in a fire.  In those 3 years, she's been getting on with her life, somedays making more progress than others.She travels out of town to support a friend Melissa who is dealing with her own loss,  and stays for a week at Melissa and her husband's getaway, Ocean View Stables, where she is attracted to a man from her past, an old childhood friend, Ethan.  Ethan is staying at Ocean View Stables for a week as well, with his 9 year old daughter Isy.  Ethan is immediately attracted to Cassie, too.Despite all of the changes Cassie has gone through in the 3 years since Mike's death, one of her biggest obstacles is trying to figure out if she's ready to move on and take another chance on love, while always wondering if Mike would be ok with her moving on.Meanwhile Ethan has his own obstacles to get through -He has a dangerous job which requires weeks away from home and  he is trying to help his daughter deal with his alcoholic ex-wife who spends time after time in rehab.  What Isy wants more than anything is for her mom and dad and her to be a family again.I enjoyed More Than A Promise and was hoping that all would work out for Cassie, and Ethan and Isy.I had previously read Kristen James' Embers of Hopes, so going into this book, I knew about Cassie's history but I think this book would be fine to read without that known history as the author gave enough of the history, but I would recommend reading Embers of Hopes first.I received a complimentary copy of More Than a Promise in exchange for a fair review.