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Remember to Forget
Her brother tricked her!
When Shianne Sumner’s brother asks her to help an elderly man, she can’t refuse. When she arrives at his house, she is not only shocked to discover that the man isn’t old but that the help he needs is delivering packages to a children’s hospital. Unable to let him or the children down, she puts her fears aside and takes him. Once there, her worst fears are realized. Fearing for Jude Bradford’s safety, she is relieved when he hires her to help him. The more time she spends with him, the more her feelings for him grow. Having been abandoned once before because of her hideous scars, Shianne refuses to give in to the demands of her heart for fear that Jude will flee, too, once he sees her face.
After an accident, Jude Bradford is sightless. When his best friend, Owen, who has been staying with him, is called out of town, Owen sends his sister, Shianne to help him. Since it’s the holidays and help is hard to find, Jude talks Shianne into working for him. The more time he spends around her, the more he is drawn to her. Can he convince her he’s not like the others? That a scarred face or a missing limb doesn’t matter to him? Or will her fears of him fleeing once he sees her face keep her from returning his love?
When Shianne Sumner’s brother asks her to help an elderly man, she can’t refuse. When she arrives at his house, she is not only shocked to discover that the man isn’t old but that the help he needs is delivering packages to a children’s hospital. Unable to let him or the children down, she puts her fears aside and takes him. Once there, her worst fears are realized. Fearing for Jude Bradford’s safety, she is relieved when he hires her to help him. The more time she spends with him, the more her feelings for him grow. Having been abandoned once before because of her hideous scars, Shianne refuses to give in to the demands of her heart for fear that Jude will flee, too, once he sees her face.
After an accident, Jude Bradford is sightless. When his best friend, Owen, who has been staying with him, is called out of town, Owen sends his sister, Shianne to help him. Since it’s the holidays and help is hard to find, Jude talks Shianne into working for him. The more time he spends around her, the more he is drawn to her. Can he convince her he’s not like the others? That a scarred face or a missing limb doesn’t matter to him? Or will her fears of him fleeing once he sees her face keep her from returning his love?
340 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 20, 2017
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March 8, 2018
DNF
Couldn't do it. Way too annoying. Inaccurate portrayal of their injuries. Also looked like a cure was coming for 1 of the characters. Too much religious zealous for me.
Couldn't do it. Way too annoying. Inaccurate portrayal of their injuries. Also looked like a cure was coming for 1 of the characters. Too much religious zealous for me.
December 3, 2019
Day 3 of my Christmas quest ...
Not sure if its a spoiler or not but this is a Christian Christmas novel ...
If I had known that in advance I probably would not have picked it - I have a certain type of novels that I prefer and finding these kind of plots within Christmas novels is rather difficult so I have to take some chances sometimes - this plot actually would have worked out fine with a little less Christian and a little more Christmas.
The characters were fine and the plot was in its basics well developed - but I had the issue I often noticed - when a book mentions in its blurb for example that it is a Christian novel - the author usually carefully placed his/her message within the pages and the plot simply flows around it.
If it is NOT mentioned in advance somewhere - only to be found during reading - than it is sometimes "overdone " usually without the author even realizing it - and this is, unfortunately, the case here - some parts are simply too much - and during reading I thought more than once "I already understood the message the first 3 times it was given" ...
This is not only an issue of "Christian" novels - do not misunderstand - but a general one in these what I call sub-genres ....
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September 28, 2020
Beautiful story
The story brings it all. Right from the beginning, the characters, the way they interact, their faith and all their actions were well brought out. Enjoyed it.
The story brings it all. Right from the beginning, the characters, the way they interact, their faith and all their actions were well brought out. Enjoyed it.
December 1, 2018
DNF @ 38%
I had no idea it was a Christian novel. I had no idea it was a Christian CHRISTMAS novel.
I gave this two stars, because in all fairness, the author does write fairly well. Okay, she just writes fair. But there's not a problem with sentence structure, description (Lawd, it's just the opposite, with her!), or story formulation. There are typos all over the place - quotation marks at the ends of paragraphs that weren't dialogue and the like, but... that's par for the course, anymore.
My first problem was with the story. As with all Christian writers, the man's blindness is healed by the end of the book. Because God's grace heals everything. But it was SO. CLICHE that a girl with facial scars (and a withered arm, and a prosthetic leg, and PTSD) would be the heroine to a blind man. Oh, excuse me - DOCTOR. The two constants in this mess are a) heroine touching her facial scars and b) the writer saying, "As a DOCTOR..." And naturally a drop-dead handsome, thirty-something, successful doctor and philanthropist would definitely NOT be married... for that matter he hasn't got a single relative or friend (or co-worker lusting over him) to help him when he's injured. *RIGHT*. ((Wink, wink. Oh, sorry, that was my LEFT eye I was winking with?!?!))
My second problem was with the likelihood of the plot. Brother is besties with the hero, doesn't tell his friend his sister is damaged emotionally (or the extent of her injuries), lets his sister believe she's helping an elderly man...?!?!? And the first place they're off to is the hospital, where Dr. Benevolent gives gifts to "children who have had too many disappointments in their young lives." In their YOUNG LIVES?! Does *anyone* talk like that?!?! Good grief.
The dialogue, by the way, is preposterous. The people in this book do not believe in conjunctions. They can not do things, have not done things... will not - do you know how *weird* that is? It sounds stilted and forced - it is not real. That is hard to swallow, as a modern reader.
That's my problem, right there - it's not REAL. These people analyze the ever-lovin' crap out of every single action, which adds PARAGRAPHS between basic dialogue and action. It's tedious, long-winded, and...
Good merciful heavens, the fake faith. Don't get me started. There's canned faith, and all natural. This is the canned variety. In heavy syrup. For the record.
On top of all of that, she has Shianne helping him to fork every bite of salad into his mouth (!!!!) in one scene, but he's eating shrimp solo - WITH CHOPSTICKS - a day later?! Really.
And the actions of the heroine drive us crazy. He says, "I can make it to the recliner on my own" and the hovering heroine has to hover and guide and insert herself in the action? He wouldn't like that. No DOCTOR (let alone anyone else with half a smidgen of independence) would. It was just wrong. She's doing EVERYTHING for the man - that's enablement, and it was caustic to even read about.
I love wounded hero books but I knew that this one was already something I wasn't buying into, and would only digress into holes I didn't want to descend to, so I cut my losses.
I had no idea it was a Christian novel. I had no idea it was a Christian CHRISTMAS novel.
I gave this two stars, because in all fairness, the author does write fairly well. Okay, she just writes fair. But there's not a problem with sentence structure, description (Lawd, it's just the opposite, with her!), or story formulation. There are typos all over the place - quotation marks at the ends of paragraphs that weren't dialogue and the like, but... that's par for the course, anymore.
My first problem was with the story. As with all Christian writers, the man's blindness is healed by the end of the book. Because God's grace heals everything. But it was SO. CLICHE that a girl with facial scars (and a withered arm, and a prosthetic leg, and PTSD) would be the heroine to a blind man. Oh, excuse me - DOCTOR. The two constants in this mess are a) heroine touching her facial scars and b) the writer saying, "As a DOCTOR..." And naturally a drop-dead handsome, thirty-something, successful doctor and philanthropist would definitely NOT be married... for that matter he hasn't got a single relative or friend (or co-worker lusting over him) to help him when he's injured. *RIGHT*. ((Wink, wink. Oh, sorry, that was my LEFT eye I was winking with?!?!))
My second problem was with the likelihood of the plot. Brother is besties with the hero, doesn't tell his friend his sister is damaged emotionally (or the extent of her injuries), lets his sister believe she's helping an elderly man...?!?!? And the first place they're off to is the hospital, where Dr. Benevolent gives gifts to "children who have had too many disappointments in their young lives." In their YOUNG LIVES?! Does *anyone* talk like that?!?! Good grief.
The dialogue, by the way, is preposterous. The people in this book do not believe in conjunctions. They can not do things, have not done things... will not - do you know how *weird* that is? It sounds stilted and forced - it is not real. That is hard to swallow, as a modern reader.
That's my problem, right there - it's not REAL. These people analyze the ever-lovin' crap out of every single action, which adds PARAGRAPHS between basic dialogue and action. It's tedious, long-winded, and...
Good merciful heavens, the fake faith. Don't get me started. There's canned faith, and all natural. This is the canned variety. In heavy syrup. For the record.
On top of all of that, she has Shianne helping him to fork every bite of salad into his mouth (!!!!) in one scene, but he's eating shrimp solo - WITH CHOPSTICKS - a day later?! Really.
And the actions of the heroine drive us crazy. He says, "I can make it to the recliner on my own" and the hovering heroine has to hover and guide and insert herself in the action? He wouldn't like that. No DOCTOR (let alone anyone else with half a smidgen of independence) would. It was just wrong. She's doing EVERYTHING for the man - that's enablement, and it was caustic to even read about.
I love wounded hero books but I knew that this one was already something I wasn't buying into, and would only digress into holes I didn't want to descend to, so I cut my losses.
April 4, 2017
I loved this book from the first page. It had a lot of emotion and the characters of Shianne and Jude were wonderful. I don’t want to say too much because I don’t want to give away any of the story, but I really liked how the author showed the struggle of trusting God even when bad things happen. I would definitely recommend this book.
I received a Kindle copy of this book from the author and was not required to write a favorable review.
I received a Kindle copy of this book from the author and was not required to write a favorable review.
July 27, 2017
This book was great! I couldn't put it down once I started it.
April 15, 2020
I enjoyed this book. It ran on a bit at times, going over the feelings or situations that the main characters were in and how they felt about things as well as many details that I would consider extra and would find myself thinking, "I wonder why that little conversation was in there." It seemed to add a lot of length to the book. But, I enjoyed the story overall.
I noticed a few reviewers saying that the hero received a "miraculous" healing at the end that wasn't believable. I don't want to give anything away regarding the why and how of it, but it was clearly a point of the story throughout almost the entire book that the blindness was due to an accident and that his sight was expected to slowly return as he healed. Just wanted to clear that up.
(3.5 stars)
I read this book through Kindle Unlimited.
I noticed a few reviewers saying that the hero received a "miraculous" healing at the end that wasn't believable. I don't want to give anything away regarding the why and how of it, but it was clearly a point of the story throughout almost the entire book that the blindness was due to an accident and that his sight was expected to slowly return as he healed. Just wanted to clear that up.
(3.5 stars)
I read this book through Kindle Unlimited.
November 20, 2024
A military veteran finds love with a doctor.
Enjoyed being with this author again. Jude and Shianne story was sweet. She became his caregiver well he recovered. She was expecting an old man she was in for a suprise. As they were together their love grew. But she was afraid when he finally saw her his love would fade. But that wasn't what happned. What her brother made her do was a change in her life. It even brought a change in Jude too. So happy for them both.
Enjoyed being with this author again. Jude and Shianne story was sweet. She became his caregiver well he recovered. She was expecting an old man she was in for a suprise. As they were together their love grew. But she was afraid when he finally saw her his love would fade. But that wasn't what happned. What her brother made her do was a change in her life. It even brought a change in Jude too. So happy for them both.
August 24, 2020
Great story
An inspirational story of how a veteran survived war injuries & grew to accept herself. A great story of survival & then getting through PTSD.
An inspirational story of how a veteran survived war injuries & grew to accept herself. A great story of survival & then getting through PTSD.
January 13, 2018
I really enjoyed Ullrick's Remember to Forget. The book was a warm, clean romance with likeable characters that you could cheer for. Both had deep problems that were unearthed and dealt with during the story. The plot wrapped around a question we hear often today, "If God is so good, why do bad things happen?" Ullrick brought this out in a superficial way at first, and I was thinking, let's get past this and on with the story, but then the layering began, more information about Shianne and Jude was brought forth and the ending connected more deeply and was satisfying. Jude was the type of man many of us wish for, sensitive, gentle and strong. A good read especially if you are dealing with that specific question or even if you just want a warm romantic read for the night or the weekend.
June 24, 2017
This is the perfect book for readers who like a lot of spiritual dialog and for the story to state the case for Christ. This did a good job with that. I read for entertainment and pleasure but prefer to keep it clean with the characters living Christian values. There was too much Christian narrative and other narrative for me. The story started well and held my interest until around the 40% point where it started to drag with narrative. From there I perused much of the book slowing down for the interesting portions such as the hospital scenes.
March 23, 2017
Honored Love
This was an exceptional book. Two people are brought together under difficult circumstances and find healing, love and a deeper relationship with God. One has lost his vision and has given up on God. The other is a disabled Veteran hiding because of the horrible scars to her face who has not lost her faith but has given everything to God's hands. A beautiful love story that will warm your heart.
This was an exceptional book. Two people are brought together under difficult circumstances and find healing, love and a deeper relationship with God. One has lost his vision and has given up on God. The other is a disabled Veteran hiding because of the horrible scars to her face who has not lost her faith but has given everything to God's hands. A beautiful love story that will warm your heart.
April 25, 2017
This is the first book that I have read by Debra Ullrick and I will be reading more! This was a beautiful love story....Loved how they came together and all that they went through. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
April 9, 2018
☺☺☺☺☺
In addition to a sweet and clean romance, this is a story about loss, about faith, about facing and overcoming fears. A plot I haven't seen befire, good characters and good writing.
In addition to a sweet and clean romance, this is a story about loss, about faith, about facing and overcoming fears. A plot I haven't seen befire, good characters and good writing.
December 9, 2018
Good Book!!!!
I love, love this author and she is a woman of great faith. She can also balance the romance with her walk with God. Please read this book!!!!!!
I love, love this author and she is a woman of great faith. She can also balance the romance with her walk with God. Please read this book!!!!!!
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