The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor # 1 (The Bradens #13)
By: Melissa Foster
Releasing June 11th, 2015
World Literary Press
The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor are
the newest addition to the award-winning Braden series and the Love in Bloom
family, joining the Snow Sisters, the Bradens, the Remingtons, & Seaside
Summers, (Voted BEST BOOK SERIES by Supportive Business Moms, UK).
Fall in love with Nate
Braden & Jewel Fisher in Healed by Love.
Nate Braden has loved his best
friend’s younger sister Jewel for as long as he can remember, but between their
age difference and his respect for Rick, he’s always kept his feelings at bay.
Now he’s back in Peaceful Harbor, and Jewel is no longer sixteen years old—but
there’s an even bigger obstacle standing in his way. Nate and Rick joined the
military together eight years earlier. Nate came home a hero, but Rick didn’t
make it out alive.
Wow,
Melissa Foster does it to me again! Over the course of this book she has
reduced me to such a quivering mess.
So we
start our story with Jewel; she has had such a hard life and has turned into
such a control freak because of it. First she lost her Dad in a freak boating
accident, then her brother who was serving in Afghanistan, and then the love of
her life Nate Braden (although he didn’t know it) went back to Afghanistan to
continue his service. So instead of having her own life, she controls the lives
of her surviving family, so she doesn’t lose any more of them. But then Nate
comes back and reveals the guilt he has been holding and the love he has for
her, but she just shuts him down and pushes him away because she is scared to
lose him. But then the rest of her life starts to fall apart, but will Nate
still be around?
Such a
beautiful book and I love the way that Melissa incorporates the loss of family
members into the story; It hits a personal note with everyone who has ever lost
someone.
The
writing was smooth, the characters amazing, and I do have to say that my
favorite on in this “New” Braden series is Ty, and I hope to hear more about
him in the upcoming books.
So I
give Healed by Love 10 out of 10! Keep your Kleenex close by!
Melissa Foster is a New
York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author.
She writes contemporary romance, new adult, contemporary women’s fiction,
suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that
stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been
recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown
Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder
of the World
Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa
helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training
programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s
Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine.
Melissa hosts an Aspiring Authors
contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital
for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.
Visit Melissa on social media.
Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and
welcomes an invitation to your event.
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ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you were pulled into Jewel's and Nate's lives. Thank you for your glowing review--how wonderful! I'm so happy you enjoyed it and I hope you get a chance to read more in the series :-)
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