Defending My Heart
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4.6 • 14 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Originally Titled: Her Second Chance Forever Groom
The man who broke her heart. The second chance she's not sure if she wants.
Emmitt Brown's demons are even bigger than he is, and as a defensive lineman for a pro-football team, that's something. When the team captain tasks his defensive line to go home for Christmas and get rid of their biggest past regret, Emmitt finds himself returning to the small town he grew up in to find the woman he never should have left. Too bad she hates him and tells him to go away.
Mia Carter can't believe Emmitt Brown is back in town. She does not need this right now. Especially since he's been the ghost who won't leave her conscience alone for the past five years and especially since she recently lost her husband. But when the pro football player steps up and offers to help her son fight cancer, she finds herself reluctantly agreeing.
Now, they have to make a choice: dig into the past and let the truth bring them together, or lose the Christmas miracle right in front of them.
Fans of Susan May Warren, Melissa McClone, and Melissa Storm will love this heart tugging, swoon worthy romance from best-selling author Lorana Hoopes. This first book in the Texas Tornadoes series will have you laughing, crying, and applauding at the grace of God. Grab your copy and prepare to see God shine today by clicking above.
Customer Reviews
Hertwarming Yet Painful and Encouraging
The only problem I had with this book was that it ended! I just didn't want it to stop. I wanted more and more and more. This book had so much heart, so much depth, so much feeling that I didn't want it to be over. The emotion was real to life. Mia's pain was understandable, her anger justified. Emmitt's guilt was earned and much deserved. He put more stock in peer pressure than he did to promises made. And later.... much, much later when he finally owned up to his wrongs, he didn't try to make amends, at least not to the one he betrayed and abandoned. That didn't happen till years later. Emmitt had to learn that all the good deeds in the world won't make up for one bad deed. It doesn't even the score. The guilt remains.
Now, As I've said all these 'nasty' things about Emmitt, I must admit you hurt for him too. He finally realizes his wrongs and sets out to make things right, albeit for all the wrong reasons. However, he learns there are consequences to choices. And, the longer you let an open wound fester, the harder it is to heal. And five years festering, is a long time.
This is a book that will warm your heart all the while breaking it at the same time. It's a true second chance romance, but moving from 'first chance' to five years down road for a 'second chance' won't be easy. And, it shouldn't be... because Emmitt messed up big time. Yes, he had his reasons but they were feeble at best.
And Mia, she's a real trooper, a survivor. She has to learn to forgive. But, forgiving and trusting are two separate things. Mia had to give up a lot for Emmitt's selfishness. While he lived the life of Riley, she struggled to put food on the table and a roof over her and Carter's head. Oh, and who is Carter? He's her four year old son who has gone through more in the last year than most people go through in a lifetime. It's impossible not to fall in love with him.
Once again, Lorana Hoopes has drawn me into a storyline that tugs at my heart and pulls at my mind.