Synopsis
from Goodreads:
Last
Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby.
This Christmas she's come to Virgin River to find the man who saved
his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow
marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby's shattered body onto a medical
transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as
their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie's letters to Ian
have gone unanswered.
Marcie
tracks Ian to the tiny mountain town of Virgin River and finds a man
as wounded emotionally as Bobby was physically. But she is not easily
scared off. As Marcie pushes her way into his rugged and reclusive
life, she discovers a sweet but damaged soul beneath a rough
exterior.
Ian
doesn't know what to make of the determined young widow who forces
him to look into the painful past and, what's worse, the uncertain
future. But it is, after all, a season of miracles and maybe, just
maybe, it's time to banish the ghosts and open his heart.
Stats
for my copy:
Mass market paperback, Mira Books, 2009.
How
acquired:
Via Book Mooch.
First
line:
Marcie stood beside her lime-green Volkswagen, shivering in the
November chill, the morning sun barely over the horizon.
My
thoughts: So
many feels. I loved Marcie. I loved Ian. I loved Marcie's devotion to
her late husband, and to the man who brought him home and then fell
off the map. I loved her determination to find Ian. To tell Ian his
father was dying so he could try to see him one more time, and then
to promptly switch her allegiance and stand behind Ian's reasons for
not wanting to see his father. For not trying to change Ian, for
accepting him exactly as he was.
I cried a lot during this short
book. Not because it was sad, but because it was just so emotional. So good. So very very good.
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