Marlee lost her love. She fell in love with Bentley back in high school. They were homecoming king and queen. He joined the military and served several tours, but he survived and got back albeit with PTSD, and they finally got pregnant. Then it fell apart in an instant... A car accident left her scarred, babyless, and a widow. She ran away, living in an Airstream (RV) and subsisting on mainly vodka and PB&J sandwiches... hiding in the outskirts of a small town. And that's where she met Caleb, and his far more famous brother, Jed, a single father with his own hidden wounds...
WARNING: there is no "happy" ending. You'll shed tears, lots of tears, and the intro feels really, really long, as there are significant time jumps. The book opens on Marlee running away, then jumps back to her high school days and how she wanted Bentley back then. We slowly progress through her life with Bentley, including marriage, his deployment, back to "present", then continue through her arrival in town, meeting Caleb the store owner, and Jed (and his son). Love the book, but it somehow just feels way too long already, as if it's two books joined together. 4.5/5
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