Love in a Sandstorm
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4.4 • 143 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Captain Sean Foster came back from war broken from the inside out. And he doesn't care about being fixed. Not even by a woman who followed him halfway around the world due to some misguided loyalty.
Jenna Kowalczyk had two weeks with a man who stole her heart. They promised each other forever, but one brutal explosion proved that promise to be paper-thin.
She should leave him in the past. That's what he wants her to do. But from the second the determined midwife shows up in Pine Harbour, she knows she's staying--no matter how much heartache is in store for her.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful read!
If this is the kind of story we get when Zoe York writes a longer book, then by all means keep writing! I loved this story! So insightful and in depth, it was perfect! Funnily enough, this story is about how life isn't always perfect and it is what you make of it. Love, hope, faith and perseverance, this story has it all. A fantastic addition to the Pine Harbour series. Can't wait for Matt's story.
Love in a sandstorm was so worth wanting!
This story takes you on an emotional journey as you follow Jenna and Sean as they meet, fall in love, marry and deal with the harsh realities and effects of war. Jenna is a midwife and Sean is a soldier and they meet in a refugee transit camp in Turkey. Jenna has been stationed there for a few months and Sean is passing through (in part to scope out the camp for an impending visit from the Canadian PM – side note loved the crossover!!!)
I enjoyed the time travel, from present day to the day they met. It set up the plotline better I think than had the story start all in the past and then the present. It helped to develop the characters then and why they are who they are now.
The dialogue is written with both a light and strong hand. Small sentences, for example when Sean tells her that she should not be there and she replied, “Yet here I am” slayed me. And then we swing into the past. I had shivers after that line. When she says yes to his proposal and he replies thank god, I was seriously thinking that I would have to kidnap you, I laughed then I fell in love. When they must separate after their vacation, I felt their pain and reading her thoughts, her memory of him running like the wind was special.
The pain that they both go through as Sean works through his rehabilitation was at times gut wrenching and hopeful (even doing rehab for a broken dick!) You follow their journey as both them adapt to this new normal and when they talk about being exactly where they need to be I choked up a bit.
I had a serious Ah moment when Jenna thinks about how Pine Harbor is a wonderful corner of the world if an unexpected one.
This story had the same softness as Ryan’s book (Love on a spring morning) and really gets grabs you with its emotional intensity.