This Time

Wounded Warrior #2

by Kristin Leigh

He walked away years ago, leaving her to raise their daughter alone. But now, he’s lost everything … except hope. Will she find it in her heart to give him one more chance? This Time is Kristin Leigh’s touching new romance, a welcome addition to her Wounded Warriors series.

Tara Marshall has one her daughter, Madelynn. For five years she’s loved and nurtured her child alone, abandoned by the man who helped create her. She wants love, craves it, but fears the pain of finding and losing love all over again. And no other man has lived up to the SEAL she fell in love with so long ago.

Mike Davis made the biggest mistake of his life when he denied his own child and left her mother high and dry. He’s never found a woman like Tara again and knows he never will. But staying away from the woman he fell in love with and the child he fathered is what’s best for them … even if he burns for a second chance.

When Mike is injured in the line of duty, he realizes that he has to take a leap of faith, regardless of potential consequences. But after he contacts Tara, Mike comes to understand the love he’s been harboring for so long isn’t just for their daughter; it’s for Tara too. When they meet again, the passion and fire burn as brightly as they did five years before. But with so much time and pain between them, does Mike stand a chance of redemption? And does Tara have enough forgiveness to welcome Mike back into their lives?

Content Spicy, Contemporary, Military

Romantic Fiction, Contemporary Romance Fiction, Military Romance Fiction, Romance Fiction

Genres: Contemporary, Second Chance, Military Fiction, Erotica

245 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 29, 2013

Reviews

[Vintage · Rating 1 out of 5]

The hero is a supposed Boy Scout with a Bible beating Baptist granny that just wants him to be a good boy and make some nice friends as he goes through SEAL training. No exaggeration...just like kindergarten Make some nice friends honey .

Unfortunately as he is seducing the virginal heroine he makes friends with some very bad boys that he wants to impress so he denies the heroine when she tells him she's pregnant.

He stands outside the hospital crying in the rain when she gives birth that is supposed to be proof he's such a nice guilty guy, but can't manage to see her, the baby or provide any financial support until SIX YEARS LATER when he loses his leg and all his friends. So, in other words, he has nothing left so he might as well hook up with her.

Sadly his Bible beating grandmother was dead by then because I'm thinking she would have given him the wupass of all Wupasses for ditching the heroine and his child.

Worthless jackass.

Heroine manages to keep herself erect through all the teleconferencing and FaceTiming until he shows up as a one-legged Vince Diesel lookalike that's so cute.

Spine please? Stat.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked that Michael truly regretted his behavior and I loved his relationship with his daughter. However it really really bothered me that Tara (spoilers) who was a virgin when she met Michael didn't date much or have sex at all in all the years after Michael dumped her so cruelly. He admitted he slept with other women but then is overjoyed when she tells him she was never with anybody else. Hypocritical much?

Why is it the woman always has to prove her emotional love by remaining chaste while the men are not? I don't mean that she should have had multiple affairs or anything like that.

However, I think her having at least one other relationship would've given the story more depth and given Michael a scare that yes, he really could have lost everything and he's lucky that a previous relationship didn't work out.

Instead he finds out he's still her one and only. It's not as if the author couldn't have made it clear Tara was balancing the needs of her daughter with her own.

This is a pet peeve of mine though. It just bugs me when the women scorned sits there waiting on the man. After the way he treated her in the beginning, she had no reason to ever believe he would return.

Meanwhile,his thinking about her and wishing he was with her not the other women he was sleeping with is not even close to equivalent to her living the life of a nun

As I said, this is a peeve of mine, and that is why I rated it 3 instead of 3.5 or even 4 stars. I also think the book would benefit from some tighter editing. Certain scenes felt repetitious. Especially with Michael promising to take things slow and then the next second it gets out of hand again and again.

[Anita · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this little gem while trolling the AllRomance web site and decided to read the excerpt. I expected a little lighthearted romance with between a military man and a young woman - something you might read to rid yourself of a book hangover. But what I got was this multi-layered, surprisingly emotional read with some nice erotic elements and a heavy dose of realism regarding PTSD. Wow! Tara and Mike meet in a bar and start a relationship. Then a major life event changes things, hurtful words are spoken and Mike and Tara don't see each other for over five years. We pick up now with Tara struggling with her new responsibilities and Mike dealing with some heavy demons and a life changing injury. I absolutely loved Mike. Yes, he was an utter dickhead in the beginning but oh how he changes. His words to Tara both warmed and broke my heart. At one point when Tara is crying, I started to cry when Mike soothes her with his statements. Tara is a strong woman who has dealt with the curveballs thrown at her. While I liked both characters, Mike was my favorite. This is the second in what appears to be a series but it can be read as a standalone. I took a look at the first in the series (which I one-clicked, by the way) and that is when we meet several of the characters we see in This Time. I love surprise reads like this! The only reason I did not give this 5 stars was because there is a scene that seems to come out of no-where and is left, for me, unresolved, but it may be because I didn't read the first one. But it is still a first class read.

[Kim Brewing · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grabbed this one because it was a second chance romance with a little one. OMG how I hated Mike for awhile....it actually took me most of the book to reconcile my feelings for him. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars was because I honestly am not 100% convinced of his feelings for Tara. I think I will go back to read the first book in the series as this was well written and I enjoyed the story.

[Nerissa]

I hope our SEALS are of better inner strength than this dick.

[Copper78 · Rating 2 out of 5]

The H didn't grovel or do enough to win the h back. She was a doormat everytime his magic peen came near her. Decent writing, good story, but the H only came back b/c he lost a leg and was depressed and lonely. What kind of man knowingly abandons his child?? Also he slept around when they were apart and ofcourse she stayed loyal to him. UGH. And the way he dumped her publicly was brutal, cruel and humiliating and his reasons were ludicrous. The h and everyone else were so impressed when he paid her child support after 5 years. It really ticks me off when men get applauded for doing something they are SUPPOSED TO DO!!! Over all 2.5 stars, this hero needed to do WAY more to earn redemption.

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book! Wonder story about Mike and Tara and their daughter Maddie, I can't wait for the next one.

[Tia · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was great, the sex scenes were SUPER hot! I loved the happy ending.

[Randi Mccain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great military romance!!!

this is the 2nd book in the series but can be read as a stand alone. would have liked it to have been a little longer but it was great for a quick read...

[Rae D'Achille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glorious

What a great story. Loved the fact that Mike was a flawed hero. Happy ever after and no cliffhanger...who could ask for more.