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Winters in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, were temperamental. The sunshine and a temperate southerly breeze that started a day could turn into biting, salt-tinged snow flurries by afternoon. But one thing Harper Lee Wilcox could count on was that winter along the Outer Banks was quiet.Friday 56:
He took a moment to process what she'd admitted. Hecouldn't deny the spike of satisfaction, but neither could he deny the very real issue of Noah's ghost between them. "You'll never forget him. Neither will I."
A young widow embraces a second chance at life when she reconnects with those who understand the sacrifices made by American soldiers and their families in award-winning author Laura Trentham’s The Military Wife.
Harper Lee Wilcox has been marking time in her hometown of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina since her husband, Noah Wilcox’s death, nearly five years earlier. With her son Ben turning five and living at home with her mother, Harper fights a growing restlessness, worried that moving on means leaving the memory of her husband behind.
Her best friend, Allison Teague, is dealing with struggles of her own. Her husband, a former SEAL that served with Noah, was injured while deployed and has come home physically healed but fighting PTSD. With three children underfoot and unable to help her husband, Allison is at her wit’s end.
In an effort to reenergize her own life, Harper sees an opportunity to help not only Allison but a network of other military wives eager to support her idea of starting a string of coffee houses close to military bases around the country.
In her pursuit of her dream, Harper crosses paths with Bennett Caldwell, Noah’s best friend and SEAL brother. A man who has a promise to keep, entangling their lives in ways neither of them can foresee. As her business grows so does an unexpected relationship with Bennett. Can Harper let go of her grief and build a future with Bennett even as the man they both loved haunts their pasts?
So tempting! Great excerpts. Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: ”COME FIND ME”
ReplyDeleteOh man. As a former military wife (husband spent five years in the Marines) I don't think I could read this book. That's your worst fear when he's deployed - that he won't come back. Lived near that area of North Carolina for two years, too. Yeah, this book would hit far too close to home for me. It sounds really good though!
ReplyDeleteYou've already visited, but for anyone else, my post is here: A Blade So Black.
This sounds like a good read. Here's my Friday post: https://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2019/01/friday-focus-friday-56-book-beginnings_31.html
ReplyDeleteSounds like an awesome read. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat cover. I do enjoy military read now and then.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an interesting book. Enjoy your current read!
ReplyDeleteI'm a pushover for stories like this. I hope you enjoy it:)
ReplyDeleteMy Friday 56 from Match Me If You Can
Sounds like a wonderful book. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI've read another book from this author and really enjoyed it. This sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard too much about this one, and appreciate your featuring it today. It's one I think I might like. I hope you have a great weekend, Kathy.
ReplyDeleteProbably not one I'd reach for myself, but I do hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a book heavy with emotion. I hope you end up enjoying your weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis one is already on my wishlist. It looks great. Hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteNew to me book. Thanks for the post.
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