140. Donna Alward ~ The Soldier's Homecoming ~ HR #4014

     I've been looking forward to reading this story for quite awhile now... ever since I read a review for it... I think it was Sadhbh ~ and again a book that she really enjoyed came up another winner.
     I was so hooked on what Jonas was going through, both physically, mentally and emotionally... and Shannyn was fantastic with him.  Donna did a fabulous job taking us through Jonas' struggle and it reads very true to me... as does his insistence that he can get through it on his own.  Whenever I read something like this, my eyes are opened to what servicemen and women in battle go through.  Then for them to return home and try to go on as before after these lifechanging experiences.  It's just incomprehensible to those who've not experienced it, but Donna puts a human face on this struggle and I applaud her.
     I loved the relationship that Jonas built with Emma ~ and her love and acceptance of him was beautiful... she was so happy to have a daddy!
  I did have some issues with Shannyn from time to time, but that just shows how real she came across... definitely someone that was believable.

RATING:
Excellence: Great to Excellent ~ 3.5 stars
Steaminess: Romantic

BOOK READ:
Donna Alward; The Soldier's Homecoming; HR #4014; March 2008

FROM the BACK:
              A hero for his country ~ home to win her heart!
     Jonas Kirkpatrick left twon to be a soldier without ever looking back.  But Shannyn saw him every day in her little girl's green eyes....
     Six years later, Jonas has come home, changed utterly from the carefree boy Shannyn once knew.  Hardened by war, Jonas can't allow himself to open his heart.
     Until he discovers what he left behind ~ the unbreakable bond with a child he never knew existed, and the enduring love of the only woman who can make him whole again.

Books read in May: 6
Har / Sil ~ 5
Others ~ 1

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kalyko ~ Reading: One of life's little joys and a much needed reward!