Review: 3.5 - "No one's ever loved me enough to stay." Stars!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
The Once A Marine series is definitely improving with each book, I really enjoyed Adam and Meg’s book (The Baby Bargain), but Logan and Becky’s story was even better. Jennifer Apodaca, has once again combined just the right amount of romance, drama and suspense into the book to keep you reading until the end.”Most people who see combat come home with scars. Everyone deals with it differently.”Logan Knight is struggling to deal with the scars that he has returned with, plagued with nightmares and struggling with P.T.S.D, all he wants to do is set up his ranch as a safe place for other veterans to spend time at, and to be able to convalesce and receive the best help and support they can for their issues. Two things are standing in his way – his father and his lack of a wife.Becky Holmes is in trouble, caring for a young baby is struggle enough, but she’s recently lost her mother to cancer, and her ex has just been released from prison. His time spent behind bars because she called the cops on him, and refused to take the blame for the hit and run accident he drove away from whilst she was in the car.Logan and his family name offer her the protection and the stability she needs in order to fight a custody battle for her daughter. The daughter her ex never wanted, but is now using as his way to punish her for sending him to jail. A deal is struck, a contract is signed, and they agree to a mutually beneficial marriage, Logan gets his ranch, and Becky keeps custody of baby Sophie as well as having the powerful Knight Family as her allies.I loved the sentiment between Logan and Becky in this book, they are emotionally scarred from things that have happened in their past, they are wary of each other initially and the emotions they are feeling, even though the chemistry is there, neither wants to rush headlong into something that they don't quite understand themselves.Becky – “When you touch me, I feel safe, sexy and whole.”Logan – “When I touch you, it all gets easier. Kissing you today was like that blanket – warm, soft and giving me a little protection.”The bravery displayed by both of them in different ways, to push past their long held and deeply-rooted fears, so they are able to embrace something new together, in spite of the odds, interfering families and demented exes makes for a really enjoyable and heart-warming story.She had the power to shove back the ugliness inside of him, the memories and the failures that shadowed his soul.Although there isn’t really anything new offered up in the way of storyline, this second book in the Once A Marine Series, offers us another extremely hot leading man, a likeable, strong and sassy heroine, mix that with a little bit of suspense, a whole lot of sexyness and you are onto a winner, with a well written and easy to absorb book. I look forward to reading more books in this series in the future.”You’re turning me and my world inside out. You make me want to become more than your temporary husband.”ARC generously provided via Netgalley, in exchange for the above honest review.(less)