Release Review: Home to Faithful: Anna Bishop Barker
Home To Faithful (The Faithful Trilogy #2)
Anna Bishop Barker
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Release Date: July 21st 2018
HOME WAS WHERE THEIR HEARTS WERE….
Decorated Marine and former FBI agent Sam Beckett is going home.
Home to the place he couldn’t wait to leave.
Home to the town that nowhere else in the world could replace.
Home to the people that matter.
Home to the girl that he could never forget and to the battle he would face to win back the woman that she had become.
And home to a predator who waits to take the things that Sam cherishes.
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Delilah Prescott had a perfect house.
She had spent a lot of time and effort and blood and tears to make it that way.
If she lived and ate and slept alone in that house, well, loneliness didn’t give you scars.
At least not like the ones that fists gave you.
And if she didn’t remember how to laugh or love, again, this was the price she was willing to pay.
But Sam was back.
And suddenly that price seemed too high, and her perfect little house seemed like a perfect little prison.
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And while Sam and Delilah tear each other’s bodies up with passion while trying to fix each other’s hearts, the predator is watching.
Waiting.
Planning.
Sometimes the fairy tales are true. The woods aren’t always safe.
We met Sam Beckett and Delilah Prescott in Journey to Faithful. They were teenage loves but then their lives went totally different directions due to choices made at the time. They each faced challenges and difficult situations. They both proved to be survivors. But both still have scars and have been bent and near broken.Delilah found her way home a while ago and carved out a new life for herself. She has since strived to make her world as perfect and drama free as she could. But there was always a void. Sam chased his dreams and made a difference where he could. But seeing the effects of war and the dark side of the FBI finally lost its luster. He is ready to come home to his family, a slower paced Sheriff job, and possibly reconnect with the girl that got away.
But there is plenty of baggage to wade through. Delilah has fears, insecurities, and self worth issues. Sam is changing his whole life and is on a mission to win her back. But he will have his work cut out for him to make her feel safe, loved, and deserving. They will have to learn who they are now as adults instead of the two kids who shared all their firsts.
But Sam's new job is not so quiet for a charming small town. He has a case he is working and there is danger lurking. He is determined that everyone involved will get their happy ending, but he is working against the clock and an unknown threat.
This is an emotional, sexy, sweet, and suspenseful story of survival, hope, and second-chances. The main couple are both likable and had been through so much. Sam is the ultimate alpha protector who also has a tender, loving heart. And Delilah has so much love she needs to be able to give freely. If they can just find their way back.
It is told in multiple points of views so we get peeks into many of their thoughts and feelings. It took me a bit to get used to that again with some of the early transitions, but then I was fine with it as the book went on. The side characters are funny, strong, protective, and all have such strong bonds. Grandma Mercy is one of the most awesome women and I loved all the scenes she stole. I am looking forward to more books in this series as I would love to see more with Kyle, John, and Esther.
This book felt like a journey in a different way than the first one was. This was more of an internal journey of self acceptance and gaining confidence, of fighting inner demons while also fighting for love, and of learning how they both have changed and if they still fit. Although it shared a similar theme of two people with damaged hearts just trying to see if connecting them could make them whole again.
The author has a way of taking hard situations and lives that are not perfect and at times tragic, but also finding the silver lining and saving grace...the beauty of life in all its imperfections. And shows how people can rise above, and how connections and family can make all the difference.
I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Journey To Faithful (The Faithful Trilogy #1)
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Our reviews
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU………….
“I don’t have anything to give a good woman, Laura.”
Jake Beckett is a man frozen in the loss and grief of the past - a man who accepts that the existence that he has is the penance that he must pay.
“My faith died a long time ago, Jake.”
Laura Howard is a woman also mired in the past – a woman who has battled the monsters, but who fears that she may have lost the war.
Two strangers struggling to fight their way out of invisible chains, they must travel together toward safety, freedom and peace.
Faithful, Tennessee is the destination. For both of them, maybe, finally, a home, a sanctuary, a place where they each can find peace.
And in each other, maybe they can find passion, laughter, acceptance.
Love.
But the past always follows and evil can find the best concealed path.
Sometimes, the only way out is through.
“I don’t have anything to give a good woman, Laura.”
Jake Beckett is a man frozen in the loss and grief of the past - a man who accepts that the existence that he has is the penance that he must pay.
“My faith died a long time ago, Jake.”
Laura Howard is a woman also mired in the past – a woman who has battled the monsters, but who fears that she may have lost the war.
Two strangers struggling to fight their way out of invisible chains, they must travel together toward safety, freedom and peace.
Faithful, Tennessee is the destination. For both of them, maybe, finally, a home, a sanctuary, a place where they each can find peace.
And in each other, maybe they can find passion, laughter, acceptance.
Love.
But the past always follows and evil can find the best concealed path.
Sometimes, the only way out is through.
Anna Bishop Barker
Anna Bishop Barker is a lifetime romantic who has always dreamed of writing. She lives in Florida with her family of kids, grandkids, dogs, lizards, and love.
Her hope and vision is to write the kinds of books that she loves to read—books with humor, some intrigue or danger, and chock-full of romance and hot sex, with possibly some tears, but always a happy ending. Just not for the bad guys.
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