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3.0 out of 5 stars
SHARON SALA - NOT QUITE ON FORM HERE!, 30 Dec 2004
HE'D WITNESSED THE RAVAGES OF WAR FIRSTHAND AS AN ARMY SPECIAL OPS, BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED WES HOLDEN FOR THE SENSELESS DEATH OF HIS OWN WIFE AND SON - OR THE PRIVATE NIGHTMARE THAT FOLLOWED. AN EMPTY SHELL OF A MAN, HE IS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING BUT SURVIVE.UNTIL THE DAY HE WALKS INTO ALLY MONROE'S YARD. RAISED IN THE ISOLATED MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA, ALLY FACES A BLEAK FUTURE SPENT CARING FOR HER STERN WIDOWER FATHER AND TWO BROTHERS. BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP HER FROM DREAMING THAT A STRANGER MIGHT WALK INTO HER LIFE AND TRANSFORM HER LONELY EXISTANCE. A SPECIAL BOND FROMS BETWEEN WES AND ALLY. BUT AS WES EMERGES FROM HIS HAZE OF PAIN, HIS SOLDIER'S INSTINCTS KICK IN. THERE'S DANGER IN THE MOUNTAINS, A PLACE CHOSEN TO HIDE A THRIVING ILLEGAL DRUG BUSINESS. FAR WORSE, THE THREAT IS CLOSING IN ON ALLY, AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT... THIS IS AN ENGAGING STORY, WITH A HARD HITTING CHARACTOR IN THE FORM OF WES HOLDEN. A FORMER SOLDIER - WHO HAS SEEN TOO MUCH IN THE FRONT LINE AND THEN LOST HIS FAMILY TO A WAR ON HOME SOIL. THIS CHARACTOR, FOR ME IS THE BEST BIT ABOUT THIS BOOK, THE DESCRIPTION WHICH IS UNMISTAKABLY SHARON SALA, OF HOW WES HOLDEN LOSES HIS FAMILY AND ULTIMATELY HIS SANITY IS JUST TOO BELIEVABLE. HE SHOULD BE MOURNED AFTER DYING IN COMBAT, NOT HIS FAMILY AFTER A TERRORIST LEAVES A CAR BOMB IN AMERICA - THIS IS HARD HITTING AND VERY BELIEVABLE . ALLY ON THE OTHER HAND IS A CONTRADICTION IT TERMS. SHE STILLS LIVES AT HOME WITH HER FATHER AND BROTHERS, SHE HAS RESIGNED HERSLF TO THE FACT, THAT NO-ONE WANTS A CRIPPLE AS A WIFE. AND ALTHOUGH SHE WON'T ACCEPT PITY OR CHARITY, SHE REFUSES TO FIGHT HER WAY OUT OF HER MISERABLE HOME LIFE. WHY?? THESE TWO CHARACTORS COME TOGETHER AND EASE EACH OTHERS PAIN AND IN THE PROCESS FIGHT EVIL UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THIS BOOK, IT STARTED OUT SO WELL, BUT JUST GOT LOST ALONG THE WAY. I AM A HUGE FAN OF SHARON SALA'S AND HAVE SPOKEN TO HER ON MANY OCCASIONS THROUGH E-MAIL. I HAVE ALL OF HER BOOKS AND HAVE ENJOYED MOST OF THEM - THIS BOOK JUST DOESN'T CUT IT FOR ME. IT IS AN ENJOYABLE READ, BUT IT LACKS THE SUSPENSE AND CAREFUL DIALOGUE THAT I WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT.
RECOMMENDED IF YOU HAVE LITTLE ELSE TO READ, IT WILL PASS THE TIME.
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