The first time I laid eyes on Lydia Decker, I couldn’t speak. Or breathe. Or string two coherent thoughts together.And I don’t mean any of that figuratively.I’m not talking about a guy being floored by the sight of a gorgeous woman – although, of course, Lydia is gorgeous beyond words.No, when I first laid eyes on Lydia Decker – my physical therapist – I was lying flat on my back in the ICU, high … high as a kite on painkillers, breathing on a ventilator, my bones as broken and splintered as my spirit.When I first laid eyes on Lydia Decker, she was a ray of light in the dark. Hope for the hopeless. A salve for my singed and battered soul.She said she’d been assigned to fix me. That she was there to bring me back to life. She said helping me was her calling.And then she touched me. Physically, emotionally, spiritually. She healed me.And I fell in love.But what I didn’t know…what I couldn’t possibly know…was that Lydia Decker needed fixing far more than I ever did.
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I’m in awe. And also in love. Not only with Colby but also with Lydia.
Her character gets her heart broken into a million pieces and Lauren Rowe takes us on her journey to recovery. We hurt with her, we heal with her and we love with her.
And Colby … gaaahhhh. He is just perfection. I will be completely honest and throw myself out there in saying I’ve never been one to get baby fever and I’ve never felt that “I need to be a mother” feeling. But Colby not only made my heart explode, he also made my ovaries. He’s hurt himself, physically, and Lydia is there to put his pieces back together. Little did she know he was there to save her and her three children. His character is every single thing you want in a man. Seriously, everything!
I am still a newbie when it comes to her books but I’m already a huge fan. She has this way of making you feel like you’re in the story. Like you’re right there with them! I found myself at times talking to the book or just reading with a huge smile on my face that wasn’t going anywhere. This was such an emotional book and you can tell she really put her whole heart into it. I look forward to reading the rest of the Morgan brothers and then reading about the Morgan sister!!
Oh!!! Did I mention that they seriously have the best family!!! Like, they are the kind of family I want. I want to hang out with them and attend their family dinners and just be close to them. Gaaahhh, perfect. That’s the only word that I can think of. Everything was just perfect.
There are no words for how much I love this book. Packing one heck of an emotional punch I went through every single emotion while reading this. From full on sobbing to hysterically laughing, Lauren Rowe took me on the most incredible roller coaster with Hero. I’ve never fallen so fast for not just a couple, but an entire family the way I did while reading this. The entire Morgan clan is one you just want to stay wrapped up in forever!
Usually it’s the hero who steals the show for me, and not that Colby wasn’t absolutely incredible (he is), but this time Lydia was the one who made me fall in love with these characters. From unbearable tragedy, to an unwavering strength and a heart bigger than any I’ve ever seen she was amazing. She’s the kind of character you read and hope that you’d be the same kind of person she is in life. Colby is definitely a true Hero, not in the book sense (but again, he is lol), but in the man is a literal lifesaving Hero. How could I not love him?
Colby is a master of charm, and an unending fountain of love. The way he adored Lydia was *sigh* just perfect. More than once the pure sweetness between him and both Lydia and her children brought tears to my eyes. It was so beautiful. I loved even more than just how perfect they were together how very realistically these two came together. Yes, there were instant sparks and an immediate connection, but the true to life way both Lydia and Colby healed while building such an incredible relationship is what took this book from great to OMG READ THIS NOW!