Title: London Tides (MacDonald Family Trilogy #2)
Author: Carla Laureano
Pages: 340
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: David C. Cook
Note: I received a free copy of this book through NetGalley
for the purpose of writing my honest review.
About the book:
Irish
photojournalist Grace Brennan travels the world’s war zones documenting the
helpless and forgotten. After the death of her friend and mentor in the field,
Grace is shaken.
She returns to
London hoping to rekindle the spark with the only man she ever loved – Scottish
businessman Ian MacDonald. But he gave up his championship rowing career and
dreams of Olympic gold years ago for Grace … only for her to choose career over
him. Will life’s tides bring them back together … or tear them apart for good
this time?
My review:
This is a deeply
moving contemporary romance.
Grace Brennan
carries so much pain and heartache within herself that my heart broke
repeatedly throughout this book. She has seen so much pain and anguish and been
in danger so often that she doesn’t really seem to know how to live a happy
life. Yet she has never forgotten the man she once loved and was engaged to.
Ian MacDonald is
as different from Grace as he could possibly be. I thoroughly enjoyed this
character and in many ways I can relate to him. He has a very strong level of
commitment to doing what is expected of him in business and family
relationships.
Both of these
wonderful people needed to grow and learn before they could find their happy
ending. The biggest hurdle for them was Grace’s PTSD from all of her years as a
war photographer.
I had heard about
PTSD and terms connected with it. It was quite eye opening for me to read the
scenes where Grace had nightmares or flashbacks. Carla Laureano did an
incredible job of writing them so that I could not only see what was happening
but also feel what Grace felt, or as close as I possibly could without actually
struggling with the trauma and aftermath myself.
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