Summary
Wedding bells and storm clouds collide in the first engaging novel in a brand-new series about destination weddings, the power of love, and the possible mishaps and missteps that happen on a couple’s journey down the aisle to “I do.”
Paramedic Vanessa Hollister has put her adolescence behind her, including the unwanted label of being the new kid in town over and over again, thanks to her father’s military career. She’s overcome what her mother called “the biggest mistake of her life” and is planning an elegant destination wedding in Destin, Florida with her new fiancé. But will the reappearance of her first husband from her what-were-you-thinking teenage elopement disrupt her dream of an idyllic beach wedding?
As a professional storm chaser, Logan Hollister is used to taking risks. However, a reckless decision during the last tornado season has him questioning the future of his team, the Stormmeisters. Coming face to face with his ex-wife eight years after their divorce compels him to confront his greatest regret: losing Vanessa. Does their past give him the right to interfere with her future?
A fast-moving, powerful hurricane throws Vanessa and Logan together as they evacuate to a storm shelter along with other residents of the Florida Gulf Coast. Forced to spend time together, the pair battles unexpected renewed feelings for each other.
Vanessa and Logan are faced with a choice: Should they accept, once and for all, their teenage marital mistake? Or is God offering them a second chance at happily ever after?
My Thoughts
Again, another novel I ended up liking more than I thought I was going too. This is a first for me with author Beth K. Vogt and if this ends up being a series I will be coming back for more.
What I liked about this book is that it showed two different relationships between the same two people. Vanessa and Logan are a divorced couple and married young. Due to that, their relationship wasn't as strong and certain life decisions made it harder for them to stay together. Fast forward eight years and it appears that Vanessa and Logan are getting their possible second chance. Vogt showed nice glimpses of Vanessa and Logan in their first relationship with their dating and first marriage life. She carried the story of their reunion really nicely, and it was apparent to the other characters in the story (more than Vanessa and Logan), and clearly us readers too, that this reunion is more than just a chance happening.
{SPOILER} I was first apprehensive because I didn't know how Vogt was going to break off the relationship between Vanessa's then fiance Ted as she rekindles with Logan, but it was handled as well as it could have been I felt. {END SPOILER}
There were a lot of passages that filled me up with that happy feeling you get as a reader when you're just so flipping happy about the book. Be warned though: the second to last chapter had the most moving scene in the entire book that I was trying not to get tears on the page.
This novel is a perfect summer beach read full of intense moments that are balanced out well with the calm endearing ones. I look forward and hope that Vogt brings us a new story that showcases some of the characters I feel in love with in this story.
Rating: 4 out of 5 bookshelves
I received a free copy from Litfuse Publicity in return for an honest review.
About the Author
{snippet from Beth's website}There's more to happily ever after than fairy tales tell us. We're living real life--and relationships are messy, even when you believe in God. Even when you anchor your life to his promises.
I live my life acknowledging these realities...And I weave these truths into the stories I write.
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In His Grace,
Taylor Reid
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