FLYING HIGH U.S. marine Colonel Nelson Wainwright was lucky to make it back from Afghanistan alive after his helicopter went down in a blaze of machine gunfire. Now he's bent on denying the excruciating pain he still feels months after the crash, fearing it will keep him from attaining the only thing he wants—a promotion to four-star general. But when he meets the distractingly beautiful Audrey Powers, his world is rocked. Could there be something Nelson desires more than four stars? As a physician, Audrey knows the pain in Nelson's neck could mean trouble—and when her interest in him becomes more than medical, she's got some trouble herself. Scarred by an early heartbreak, she wants nothing to do with a romantic involvement. Now, as their lives intertwine, the two find it's time to face old wounds, and discover whether new love has the power to heal their hearts…forever.
Gwynne Forster (1922-2015) was the pseudonym of American novelist, short fiction writer, demographer, and sociologist Gwendolyn Johnson-Acsadi. Forster was best known as an early innovator of the African American Romance fiction tradition. Forster was a prolific writer who authored more than 50 books, as well as multiple studies in the field of demography. Forster won a wide readership with her novels and garnered awards, including the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and the Black Writers Alliance Gold Pen Award.
I loved the strengths and weaknesses displayed by the characters. And, I loved the way they stepped through their pain and fear as they attempted to learn to trust without the shackles of the past. Aunt Lena and little Ricky were great characters with their own unique personalities. Somehow these four people formed a support system that each could learn from and come to believe in. I would love to have one of Lena's gourmet meals! Also, Mrs. Forster made me want to visit all of the places she described in the D.C. /Virginia / Maryland area.
I LOVE THE MARINES AND THIS BOOK HAD ME ALMOST IN TEARS; BECAUSE I WAS INSPIRED BY NELSON AND AUDREY'S RELATIONSHIP, SO I'M GLAD EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER AS WELL AS IT DID.