Title: A Thousand Letters
Author: Staci Hart
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 9 February 2017
Blurb
Sometimes your life is split by a single decision.
I’ve spent every day of the last seven years regretting mine: he left, and I didn’t follow. A thousand letters went unanswered, my words like petals in the wind, spinning away into nothing, taking me with them.
But now he’s back.
I barely recognize the man he’s become, but I can still see a glimmer of the boy who asked me to be his forever, the boy I walked away from when I was young and afraid.
Maybe if he’d come home under better circumstances, he could speak to me without anger in his voice. Maybe if I’d said yes all those years ago, he’d look at me without the weight of rejection in his eyes. Maybe if things were different, we would have had a chance.
One regretted decision sent him away. One painful journey bought him back to me. I only wish I could keep him.
*A contemporary romance inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion*
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Review
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Review
Once I read the blurb on this I just knew I had to read it
and I was glad that I did. It touched me deeply and left me on a book hangover
when I had finished it. I love second chance romances but this was a lot more
than just that but I loved that this couple did get their time again.
Elliot came from a cold and uncaring family which got worse
when her beloved mother died. She found solace with her sweetheart Wade. Theirs
was a forever love and although only seventeen, they had promised each other to
be together forever. When Wade signs up for the military he asks Elliot to
marry him and leave with him. However the venom from her father puts paid to their
union and Elliot lets Wade go without her.
Fast forward and Wade is back home to support his sisters
after his father is taken ill and tragedy awaits this close loving family. Wade
is not looking forward to coming face to face with Elliot again, he still loves
her but he can never forgive her for what she did to them. Elliot is also
dreading seeing Wade again and wanting to beg his forgiveness. She has always
been close to his father who encouraged her with her passion for reading and
poetry. In fact this man was more like her father to her than her own and she
often sought solace in their home since she was young. Elliot is still best
friends with Wade’s sister Sophie, although she doesn’t know the full truth of
why the young lovers separated all those years ago.
But now Wade is back and he
is a strong and determined man but his determination to keep Elliot at arm’s
length, leaves him struggling to survive her close proximity.
Oh this was such a flawless and heart wrenchingly deep read.
My emotions were all over the place from the depth of deep heart wrenching loss
to the highs of heart pounding passion. It was amazing and I loved every single
second of it. When Wade and Elliot come back together there is so much for them
to work though. All that resentment, misunderstanding and hurt that brings all
the wrong things being spoken in anger. Plus dealing with the family loss and
despair it was so emotively good.
At first Elliot comes across as a bit of a pushover but this
girl has a centre full of steel that she finally lets rip of the ones who have
repressed her. Now older and wiser she knows what she wants and what she needs
to do but can Wade work though his emotions too.
A brilliantly deep, emotive read but there were some light
elements just to give that balance that lead to a beautiful and heart felt
romance of love, strength and redemption. Unforgettably good. Five stars.
Author Bio
Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life: a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, even though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. Her favorite word starts with f and ends with k.
From roots in Houston, to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's sleeping, cleaning, or designing graphics.
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