Happily surprised

Length:348 pages
Genre: contemporary
Hero: veteran/furniture maker
Heroine: nurse
Trigger: PTSD

Abandoned 5 years ago by her boyfriend, CeeJay is finally on her way to getting out of her hometown. While she’s always appreciated her neighbors she can’t stand the pity in their eyes. First for her mother abandoning her as a child then when her boyfriend, Matt, leaves her pregnant and steals her savings and her car. But CeeJay worked hard and now she’s on her way to having anything she’s wanted for her and her daughter.

Noah just got out of 6 months in a VA hospital after recovering from a devastating attack overseas. He’s lost his leg, his men, the military career he planned his whole life around...and now he has to bury his stepbrother, Matt. After going through his stepbrothers apartment he finds a letter from Matt and insurance policy made out to a CeeJay and her child, apologizing for abandoning her.

Noah decides to find the woman and her child and give her the money Matt left for her. But when he arrives in Perfect he finds peace for the first time in months and starts to think there might be something with the family his stepbrother threw away.

I got this book for free on kindle unlimited, I wasn’t expecting much but I was surprised at how thoughtfully this was written in regards to a soldier with PTSD.

Sure, there were some parts that made me want to slam my head into a brick wall. Seriously, could CeeJay be any more stubborn?