Becca Haddaway is a second grade teacher on a speck of land
called Heron Island, a little island with the warmth and depth of a small
community. She’s about to take the big
plunge of marriage in two weeks to her teenage sweetheart Tom, a man that
shared a traumatic life event with her in the past, therefore they had formed a
very close bond with one another. She’s
comfortable with Tom, it’s a romantic notion for her to grow up and marry her long
time sweetheart. But if this is really
real, is the bond they share the same thing as love and if so, why is she
attracted to another man? And why does
she keep hearing the magical sound of tinkle
tinkle twink when she’s around this other man? What’s up with that?
When Becca learns that Heron Island Elementary School is
in the middle of a plot of deceit and revenge on the verge of being shut down
she takes matters in her own hands. This
is her town, she grew up here, her mother taught at that school, she went to
that school as a child and she’s not going to just get married, move off her
beloved island, and let this terrible tragedy happen. This school is part of the make-up, part of
the island’s history and she has to do something. And, she has to question her true motives
about why she is about to marry one man when all she can think about is
another.
Colin Foley, an ex Navy Seal and the son of an affluent
Senator, after losing part of his leg on a mission gone bad in Afghanistan, is
forced out of the military and is trying to come to grips with what he wants
out of his life. After being dumped by
his fiancée because he’s an amputee he has finally found a cause in which to
focus his life on. He wants to open a
wounded veteran’s rehab center, to be able to give others like him a purpose to
go on living. One where they can feel
needed, to be able to feed their families, to have a goal once again in their
torn lives. When he starts having
feelings for an elementary school teacher on the path down the aisle, he has to
stop and re-access what he really wants out of life. He still wants a family, a home, kids, and he
loves the small town feeling of Heron Island.
He wants to make this his home but he has to have the right woman. One that will accept him for who he is, and
not show pity for the fact he only has one leg.
He cannot suffer that pain again.
This book is by far one the best books I’ve read in a
while. The characters are down to earth
real people with real hardships, hopes and dreams. The author brings into play the terrible
struggle veteran’s have returning stateside after a war, new love, healing of hearts
and minds. The minor as well as the main
characters will draw you into their story opening up their lives with all their
hearts and souls. You’ll find humor, deceit,
revenge, struggles and love, all the facets of a good solid, well written love
story.
The editing was great no issues at all and the story line
is clean, superbly written and get this, NO SEX. Yep that’s right, a little kissin’ is all
you’re going to get out of this book, now isn’t that a hoot and a twist. The
book just flows and moves at a good pace, nothing dull about it at all. And
Becca, let me tell you, when she finally gets it together she is a little can
of whup ass and believe me I was high fivin’ and rootin’ and clappin for this
gal. Then the next thing I knew I was
tearing up, so let me tell you this book has a lot to open up in your mind and
I absolutely loved it. So much so I went
right to Amazon and bought the first book of the series.
I most definitely recommend this book to any age of
reader. It’s contemporary and because of
the story line I think it would be good for you younger marrying age gals. You know, open your minds to make sure you
know where you’re hopping before you leap.
Read the book and you’ll get my meaning.
I give this book a BIG HUGE five (5) stars. Now the cover is another topic, one that I
can’t honestly say did anything for me at all.
I think the best thing I liked about it was its pink. It’s just to plain to me for such a fantastic
story, but because I loved the story so much I’m giving the cover a three (3)
heart rating.
