A Soldier's Promise is about faith in oneself, and "God will provide", and it relied on a deus ex machina ending where the "villain" basically changed his mind right at the climax to allow the happily ever after. That I am afraid, just make a lame plot and cheated the reader out of main character's various struggles to overcome either their own weaknesses or external threats to love.
WARNING: SPOILER AHEAD
ER Nurse Julie scandalized the town when she had to break off the engagement. When Derek and daughter Lexi was brought to the ER after a car crash that totaled their vehicle and left Derek wounded. Julie offered her residence to help them recuperate when she learned the Derek was actually on the run from his in-laws. Derek was a soldier that got a woman pregnant. He wanted to come back, but she rejected him. When she got cancer, she gave him custody of the daughter Lexi, but her parents disagreed and got a court order. Derek has no money to fight it in court, so he took Lexi and ran. Julie fell in love with Derek, and somehow convinced him to go back and face the grandparents. Grandparents suddenly had a change of heart, Derek got a good job, married Julie, and there's the happily ever after.
Derek's conflict was solved WITHOUT his effort (or even her effort, much). That's just... lame plotting. But I guess in this sorta "Christian fiction" or "Spiritual Fiction", where references to God and faith and dropped all over the book, this is basically deus ex machina, albeit somewhat disguised.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Man on the run with his daughter meets ER nurse with a kind heart
Tropes: Doctor+Nurse / Patient, single parent, (wo)man in peril,
Overall Rating: 2/5
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