Back home on her family’s Texas Longhorn ranch, Grace Murray is busy preparing for her wedding. After a scruffy tattooed drifter saves her life, she takes on the mission of helping her savior, Heath Carter, find peace. The steady friendship and unconditional acceptance she receives from him encourages her to trade an old dream for a new one–a dream true to her heart. When she calls off her … wedding, Grace is finally set free to fully love Heath.After a decade of military service, Special Forces veteran Heath Carter is living with war’s tragic consequences. Struggling with PTSD, anger, and guilt, he travels through Texas, solitarily moving from job to job. Working with Grace on the ranch, Heath’s guilt over his past actions make him feel unworthy of her love. As their paths lead them in different directions, Heath needs to discover the courage to fight his toughest battle yet–the one inside himself.
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*Spoiler Alert* This was a beautiful story of healing, friendship and love. Grace had come back to her family’s Texas ranch to prepare for her wedding. She had moved away to the big city of Dallas, to change who she was. But, when she returned home, she realized she didn’t like the new her as much as she did the person she used to be. She wanted to raise a family in a small town with values and the things that matter. Her fiance, Tyler, was from the same small town but he never wanted to return. He loved living large and in the big city.
Heath, war veteran and drifter saved her from downing in the river and was hired by her family to help on the farm in preparation for her wedding. Grace realized that while Heath had literally saved her from drowning, she could help him to heal his soul. The scars of war and death were much harder to heal because they were “invisible”. The more time Grace and Heath spent together, the more she began to see the good man that he had hidden away. While Grace knew her future was no longer going to be with Tyler, she didn’t know if she could ever have a future with Heath but she had to follow her heart and trust that all would work out.
I loved this story. The characters were well developed and I became invested in their lives so much so that I was sad when I finished the book. I was given an arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
There is so much emotion in True Horizon I’m not sure where to start Now is Grace’s time to decide what she wants as an adult. She’s spent years thinking she wanted one thing and now that she’s at the point of getting it she had to decide if that’s what she really wants. Is the life she’s leading, the man she’s marrying, really the future that will make her happy?
Heath has been running from life but an unexpected stop at Grace’s family ranch has him evaluating his choices as well. He’s got a lot of baggage he’s carrying around with him thanks to his past but time spent with the Murray’s means that he’s taking a look at where he’s going. It’s not going to be easy but with faith, love, and effort he just might be able to come to terms with it.
This is definitely not a quick read – there’s a lot of meat to it so you need to take the time to really get into it. Really feel those good and bad moments, to take it all in and enjoy it all.
*** I voluntarily read a Review Copy of this book. All opinions stated are solely my own and no one else’s. ***