A wounded soldier searching for healing… searching for a legend…
Graduate student Lale Pehlivan is investigating a century-old mystery. Unraveling it will guarantee she becomes a star history professor. But one surly former soldier is guarding the family archives—and standing between her and the information she needs.
There’s no escape from the person destined to break your heart…
Lale launches a charm attack Hank can’t resist, and the sterling honor Lale finds under Hank’s surliness tunnels under her own defenses. But when Lale threatens to unearth Hank’s secrets along with those in the archive, their hearts might not survive the upheaval.
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Lale, a graduate student working on her history thesis, is allowed access to a family’s archives. She has to work alongside Hank, a traumatized army vet suffering from a severe anxiety disorder. I found the characterization of Hank to be insightful. It’s not a surprise that love helps heal major problems.
This was a good story. I enjoyed the characters. I wish we could have gotten to know more of the characters and less drawn out sex scenes.
Loved it! He is a returned veteran whose mental anxiety got worse after being injured in the war. He lives with his disabled dog, the caretaker of centuries of info about his family. She is a grad student work g on her dissertation researching his family.
This book deals with real life issues. The author took an wrote about it with grace and incorporated wonderful characters to bring the storyline together. Good read!!
Overcoming
This is a beautiful story of overcoming a fear you have had all your life and made worse after serving. Hank came home and became a hermit because he had General Anxiety Disorder and being around people was hard. Laila was working on her dissertation and he needed access to his and his cousins family record. They both help each other
Such a good book! Genevieve Turner manages to bring stories to life through believable characters and plots and this new series is one I am definitely looking forward to reading!
Hank is a recluse – a hermit – a man who avoids even his family – so when his cousin and head of the family tells him that he will be in charge of overseeing a PhD student doing research using the history archives he is in charge of he is challenged in new ways. How will he “maintain” and “deal” and get along? As a veteran he is getting help for his problems through the VA but will that be enough?
Lale Pehlivan, an immigrant from Turkey and PhD student, is eager to get into the letters written by Hank’s ancestors. She has a theory and believes she might find out something that will make her doctorate a done deal and perhaps provide fodder for a book or even a movie – if she can find that one key piece of information.
Neither Hank nor Lale want a relationship that is casual and don’t see a future together since they are so very different with future goals that are so very dissimilar. That said, they have a difficult time keeping their hands off of one another. The interactions between the two are special and caring and a delight, though painful at times, to read. I have to say that I thought of sharing this book with a family member who has Hank’s “problem” because this book made me so much more aware and thoughtful and understanding.
I loved this book and hope you will, too. Thank you to the author for the ARC. This is my honest review.
Slow & boring
interesting story.
very true to life
Very good
Great story line. It highlighted a disease that many have but just like so many mental illnesses it’s just not talked about.
The characters, their family, the realities they face so realistic. Love how these two are pulled together
Different from your normal soldier romance,
The book takes a while to build up steam, but the concept/subject is original, and it was a page turner, just to see if the story got better!
Beautiful story. Beautiful writing.
Started great then became a bit mundane Was entertaining and easy to read
I enjoyed the plot in which the history Ph.D. student goes to the old family ranch of the Latino family where family archives are being stored and protected by an ex Army family member who is a virtual hermit. He works with Lale to research old family secrets. They bond but his hangups get in the way. There is a happy ending.
Loved this book! The characters are down to earth and both have their own demons to slay. The story just flows and takes you on their journey. It’s a wonderful read.
Good explanation about anxiety and how the public views it.
I really enjoyed this book. It gave me insight on our soldiers what they may be going through when they return home.