RATED 4.5 STARS
Beth Ann and Kaylob’s story continues in December Road. Kaylob is in the hospital due to the injuries
he endured in the Vietnamese prison camp.
He is suffering from physical and emotional scars that will take a long
time to heal. He has nightmares that
become violent and he thrashes out at whoever is near, including his beloved
Beth Ann.
Beth Ann never gives up on Kaylob though. She is determined to stay and love him
through thick and thin even though she is still officially engaged to
Blake. She wants to break it off with
him but there never seems to be an opportunity as he dodges her calls and
refuses to hear what she says when she gets the chance.
Finally, as Kaylob heals, they begin to plan for their long
awaited wedding with the blessings of both their families and their
friends. As their plans progress, a trip
to visit Beth Ann’s grandmother reveals a long held secret that the couple
decides to reveal and a nagging suspicion on Beth Ann’s part that someone may
be following her.
The day finally arrives for the wedding and Beth Ann and
Kaylob can now live happily ever after, right?
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Beth Ann and Kaylob are a perfect match and the relationship
was much more realistic in this story.
Not everything went perfectly for
them. They have loved each other since
childhood so I really wanted them to work things out through the whole
story. Each one of them had some issues
that they had to work through to get to their wedding day and they solved them
in a believable manner. I had to keep
reminding myself that this story was not based in the present as some of
Kaylob’s attitudes are really from the sixties and seventies and some of the time
I felt he really expected Beth Ann to do his bidding in spite of what she may
have felt.
Beth Ann was a lot more womanly in this story than the first
one and she sure had her ups and downs but I liked that she was feisty and a
little pushy. It made me like her so
much more. I loved the relationship she
had with her Grandma especially. Her
idea to play matchmaker was really cute and fun.
Blake is becoming obsessive about Beth Ann and that made for
some tension that I appreciated. It’s
always good to have some conflict in a story and Barry handled it well. I was impressed by her grasp of
his pain and how believable he was in his obsession.
Even though this is part two of a series, you could read
this as a stand alone. It was an
enjoyable story with a cliffhanger ending.
Can’t wait for the next book!!
You can find December Road here:Amazon
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