A woman with a damaged spirit. A man with a wounded heart. Can love help both of them heal?The demons of Alexis Harper’s childhood have turned her into the one person she hated and loved the most – her alcoholic father. She has no use for love because he had no use for her. One night, one drink from a blackout, a total stranger rescues her from a dangerous situation. For the first time she … the first time she realizes life, as she’s been living it, isn’t working.
Chris Kennedy’s world has been rocked by loss: his parents in a accident and his twin sister at the hands of a horrific murderer. Emotionally drained, he hasn’t the strength to love again if love means heartache. But when he encounters a woman as broken as he is, he reconsiders whether love is worth the risk.
Being with Chris helps Alexis find the woman she has always wanted to be… one who can receive and give love. Will she have the strength to fix what was broken when a setback derails their relationship? Will Chris be able to recognize the love hidden beneath his hurt and move past it? Can they find the strength in each other to reach for a chance at real happiness?
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Alexis has been hiding from her demons all life, feeling as she didn’t belong. She is drinking too much and pushing her family away. Chris is determined to never love again after losing his parents in a car accident and her sister’s murder a year ago. When Alexis and Chris met, the attraction is strong but their feelings are deeper that they are ready to admit. Can they overcome their own demons and and have a future together? A strong love story.
I loved Alexis and Chris’s story. They both had their own personal demons that needed to be dealt with together and separately. Needing help to get to where you want to be and excepting that is a big thing. Nancy Stopper draws you in and keeps you engaged from beginning to end. I received a free copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
The shadows of a broken heart finally get a chance to bask in the light. Chasing Strength is a look at the strength hope has and the healing power of love. Alexis has haunted the Harper family series with a heartbreaking consistency. We’ve watched her slowly implode and become the thing she hates most. An alcoholic. Her breakdown was painful to watch, but her comeback is an inspiration. She finally finds a reason to smile and a heart to call her own. From tragedy to happily ever after is a long road to travel, but a beautiful journey to behold. Well done, Nancy Stopper.
Chasing Strength means admitting you need it…
Alexis, though, won’t let anyone see her as weak. This story takes us through some scary and emotional times for Alexis, but her close knit family will always support her if she will let them. Reading this book is like total immersion into her headspace and she has so many “feels”. Then along comes Chris with some heavy baggage of his own. Instant attraction brings them together but they have to work hard for their HEA and it is a touching and heartbreaking yet satisfying read.
The fourth book in the Harper Family series is very emotional. Two broken souls find each other and together they find the strength to heal each other. Alexis and Chris will grab your heart and take you on an emotional roller coaster. A beautiful story that shows how much of a difference love and genuine concern can make in someone’s life. Grab some Kleenex because you’ll need them. I read an advance reader copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review.
5 stars
I received a free copy of the full length novel Chasing Strength A Harper Family Romance by Nancy Stopperand this review was given freely.
Healing, love, self empowerment and the need for closure are well depicted in this poignant and bittersweet conclusion to the steamy Harper siblings’ romances.
Suspense thriller novelist Alexis meets local reporter Chris at a pivotal time in her life when depression and drinking place her in situation with the potential for date rape. This is an easy flowing steamy novel with wonderful characters and a happy ending but includes serious topics like date rape/murder, depression, alcoholism, and abuse which are balanced with happy Harper family scenes and social scenes with Alexis and Chris with their friends.
Alexis has been struggling for years. It’s only gotten worse since it was confirmed that she and her siblings have a half-sister. She’s spiraling and doesn’t know how to stop. Enter Chris. He’s just being a good guy. Making sure she gets home after a particularly rough night at the bar. But he can’t just walk away without checking on her. The connection is there, but can they each move past their pasts in order to build a future together?
Alexis and Chris’s story was an emotional and wonderful story of two wounded and damaged people needing love to help them heal. I enjoyed Chasing Strength by Nancy Stopper, book four in her Harper Family series. Alexis Harper had allowed the demons and nightmares from her childhood to control and drive her life. She loved her alcohol father but hated him at the same time. She felt that he had no love for her so she was not only unable to love herself, but did not expect to ever find someone to love her. She was actually becoming an alcoholic, just like him. One night while out drinking a stranger saves her from a dangerous situation; which is actually her wake up call. Chris Kennedy has known only loss of the people he loved and loved him; his parents in a car accident and his twin sister in a horrific murder. When Chris meets Alexis and saves her at the bar he recognizes a kindred spirit, but reconsiders whether or not love is worth the risk.
I loved that Alexis was able to become the person she had always wanted to be; able to receive and return love. The problem is whether or not she is strong enough to avoid additional setbacks that derail her newfound sobriety as well as rebound from result it causes to her relationship with Chris. Chris also needs to discover his inner strength to take a chance on love and move past the affects love has left on his life.
Ms. Stopper wrote a wonderful, emotional story that is not to be missed. She provided a tale rich with emotions, filled with sexual chemistry, wonderful dialogue, and endearing characters giving Alexis and Chris, two wounded and broken souls, a chance at finding real happiness. I highly recommend Chasing Strength to other readers.
This is the fourth book in the series and is another fantastic read. I have really been looking forward to Alexis story and just like I knew her story was going to break my heart and I was not wrong, I enjoyed this book it did not disappoint it was a good interesting read and I did not want to put it down. She meets Chris when he steps in to help her on a night out I thought these two were so good together and he is just what she needs
Alexis Harper is a complicated woman, good at burying her depression and fragile heart behind a false smile, alcohol and men. Chris Kennedy has been relentless in his search for the murderer of his twin sister a year ago. Her body was found behind FitzGeralds, the only bar in town, and he’s not about to let it happen to another woman in Cedar Hill. Chris has had a lot of tragedy in his life, and loving someone only means heartache.
This is a complex and emotional read from a great story teller.
I received an ARC of this story for an honest review.
This is a well-written story of a woman with a damaged spirit and a man with a wounded heart. Both Alexis and Chris have past events that have left them to feel that a relationship is not for them. Fate has a different idea. It’s a rocky road for Alexis and Chris before they believe they deserve to find happiness together. Standalone but a wonderful series. No cliffhanger and HEA.
I voluntarily received this ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.
Great addition to this amazing series. With characters you cry and laugh with, Nancy stopper hits another sweet love story out of the park!
Ever since her father died three years ago Alexis has battled with the demons left over from their relationship. The anger she has held on to from the lies and secrets is beginning to destroy her life, as evident with her drinking and the distance she has put between herself and her family. A wake-up call after nearly blacking out from partying one night has her rethinking her life and the path she’s chosen.
The gorgious and considerate man who safely brought her home and left her keys and things she’d dropped on the counter with a note with his number was very reminescent of the Chris Jenson song ‘Take a Drunk Girl Home’. Makes me wonder if the song was the thought behind the book since our hero’s name is Chris. It’s a very popular and thought provoking song and great idea for a book.
I loved Chris’s character. From fighting his own demons due to a loss no one wants to consider, to finally finding peace and happiness with a woman when he didn’t think he could ever chance loving and losing again, Chris has become a modern day super hero.
Alexis has a long way to go, still needing to work through how she deals with things that are emotionally difficult and I hope this is dealt with more thoroughly in the next book.
I received an ARC and voluntarily offer this review.