Nobody’s Angel
Willow Park Romance # 1
By: Sarah Hegger
Releasing March 31st, 2015
Zebra
In
this evocative new series from author Sarah Hegger, a woman returns
home after a long absence—and wonders if two wrongs really can make
a right...
Nine
years ago Lucy Flint ran away to Seattle, taking her friend's
boyfriend and leaving her high school sweetheart without a word of
explanation. Now she's back in Willow Park, Illinois, to help care
for her ailing father—and it's no surprise that her ex, Dr. Richard
Hunter, is still angry.
Still,
she's a different Lucy now. Sober, wiser, ready to make amends to the
long—make that very long—list of those she mistreated during her
wild younger days. Falling for Richard all over again would mean
wreaking havoc in both their lives and possibly squandering her
opportunity for redemption. But here, in the place where everything
went wrong, is the one person who always felt right, and a
second-chance that could be the best mistake she ever made…
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Beginning
a book with no preconceived idea of what
you are going to find inside is exciting. Nobody's Angel is a
shining example of expecting the unexpected. This moving story
highlights how one woman's mistakes has impacted on the lives of many
people within the community of Willow Park.
Lucy
Flint is back in her home town after an absence of nine long years.
She left a trail of debris behind and is now back to pick-up the
pieces and to make amends with the people she hurt. My first
impressions of Lucy weren’t favorable but
kept an open mind because as more details of her past are revealed,
we begin to understand that there is far more at stake than her
saying sorry.
Dr.
Richard Hunter comes across as rather stiff and starchy, not
surprising when his personal life is in such a mess. He's thankful
to have his medical career exactly as he wants it. But scratch the
surface and there is sensual, sexy man underneath who still carries a
torch for the girl that left him all those years ago. He is torn by
a conflict of issues as he wants to save his marriage that is in
tatters because failure isn't a word in his vocabulary. Only he's
still very much attracted to the adult version of the female that
ripped out his heart.
The
secondary characters play an integral part within the storyline and I
have a particular soft spot for Donna Hunter. What a cool Mom she
is! I especially enjoyed the banter between her and Richard along
with his humorous thoughts:
Richard
frowned. Had she been watching YouTube videos again? He must be the
only son in the world who thought about restricting his mother's
Internet access.
What I love most of all about Donna and also Josh, Richard's brother
is the complete and utter understanding and compassion they show
towards Lucy. They both have an ability to see beyond Lucy's
destructive behavior and recognise there is a truly good person
underneath who is desperately trying to fight her way out.
As a reader be prepared to have your emotions assaulted as you are
torn between Lucy's need to atone for her past and sympathising with
those that are struggling with their own daily problems.
This is a thought provoking story tackling a number of heavy duty
topics. The author has carefully crafted complex characters who
ignite a whole host of emotions whilst you read. You will laugh, cry,
shout out in frustration and feel sorrow and sympathy as Lucy Flint's
life to date is laid out for anyone to tear into and pull apart. I
ended this book with tears in my eyes, emotionally spent and
completely blown away by this incredibly powerful story. I'm now
eagerly waiting for
Josh's story.
5 Stars
***arc generously received courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley***
Born
British and raised in South Africa, Sarah Hegger suffers from an
incurable case of wanderlust. Her match? A hot Canadian engineer,
whose marriage proposal she accepted six short weeks after they first
met. Together they’ve made homes in seven different cities across
three different continents (and back again once or twice). If only it
made her multilingual, but the best she can manage is idiosyncratic
English, fluent Afrikaans, conversant Russian, pigeon Portuguese,
even worse Zulu and enough French to get herself into trouble.
Mimicking
her globe-trotting adventures, Sarah’s career path began as a
gainfully employed actress, drifted into public relations, settled a
moment in advertising, and eventually took root in the fertile soil
of her first love, writing. She also moonlights as a wife and
mother.She currently lives in Draper, Utah, with her teenage
daughters, two Golden Retrievers and aforementioned husband. Part
footloose buccaneer, part quixotic observer of life, Sarah’s
restless heart is most content when reading or writing books.
She
loves to hear from readers and you can find her at any of the places
below.
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