Meet the Bradens of Peaceful Harbor and 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.
Review
Melissa Foster has created and built a whole
world that surrounds a family and their relatives. The books are intertwined
with other relative which gives you a huge reading experience. We get to live
with different Bradens (and others) in different places and each of them have
their own unique story. While I have not read them all, they all stand up well
as being stand alones but you can also see past characters and how the relate
and interact.
Nate and Jewel have such an emotional journey
in this book. Jewel, herself has been through so much loss and heartache in her
young life. She has lost both her father and brother so she has dedicated her
life to helping her family keeping all of her emotions locked inside. She stays
away from any other emotional attachments to keep her loss from becoming
anymore then it already is. Nate has loved Jewel his whole life and everyone in
the town knows it except Jewel. Nate keeps his feeling buried behind a wall of
grief, loss, and guilt. Rick and Nate had been best friends before he died and
now he has come back to town without him. For the first time they both have
someone to lean on when the hard emotions finally start to hit both of them.
This story was an emotional roller coaster.
There were a lot of emotions that were not being dealt with that finally came
up to the surface. This story was definitely an easy read with an evitable
outcome but so so enjoyable. There is something so addicting about a story that
is full of love, acceptance, and real deep passion. Two characters the bow so
gracefully and easily to the call of love. Even if there are not the usual
twists that come with a romance story. The characters are well rounded and
loveable, the writing is beautiful, and the story feels real. This was a
romantic tear-jerker that needs to be read.
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Thanks for your amazing review, Alex! I'm so happy you enjoyed the book and characters. Thanks for joining the tour and posting on your site. Have a great week! OXOX
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