Imperfect (Blaze of Glory #1) by Cherry Shephard
US Special Forces, Staff Sargeant Ethan Stone, lives by one mantra “fight or die”.
The army is his life, his men are his family. So when an injury sends him home from Afghanistan, the nightmares of what he’s witnessed, can no longer be kept at bay. The alcohol he drowns himself in every night only sinks him further into depression’s abyss.
Waking after one of his benders, Stone is greeted by a tiny, knife wielding firecracker and one destroyed bar.
Saddles, was meant to be her escape. A new start away from an abusive relationship and a way to fulfill her daddy’s dying wish. But all the bar has brought Shannon is debt collectors and pushy buyers threatening to destroy her. And to top all that off one drunken, gorgeous idiot.
The last thing she needed was a handsome, angry ex-soldier to distract her.
All he wanted, was to pay for the damages. But when she refuses there is only one thing he can do. But when a familiar face from his past changes everything, can they learn to work together?
Will they find salvation in each other’s arms?
Manda's 3 Star Review
I'm of 2 minds on this book. The first half of the book I found very interesting and engaging, but the second half of the book I really had trouble getting into. There seemed to be a lot of drama with other characters that was never really explained. It could be explained more in the next book but it kind of distracted me away from the main characters and their story. The characters and storyline are very good and its very easy to get caught up in the story but toward the middle of the the book things began to change for me and I found that I no longer connected with the characters and their story. Things progressed very quickly and it just wasn't working for me at the end. I don't want to post any spoilers so I will just say that things move very quickly toward the end of the book and for me personally I had trouble staying with it.
US Special Forces, Staff Sargeant Ethan Stone, lives by one mantra “fight or die”.
The army is his life, his men are his family. So when an injury sends him home from Afghanistan, the nightmares of what he’s witnessed, can no longer be kept at bay. The alcohol he drowns himself in every night only sinks him further into depression’s abyss.
Waking after one of his benders, Stone is greeted by a tiny, knife wielding firecracker and one destroyed bar.
Saddles, was meant to be her escape. A new start away from an abusive relationship and a way to fulfill her daddy’s dying wish. But all the bar has brought Shannon is debt collectors and pushy buyers threatening to destroy her. And to top all that off one drunken, gorgeous idiot.
The last thing she needed was a handsome, angry ex-soldier to distract her.
All he wanted, was to pay for the damages. But when she refuses there is only one thing he can do. But when a familiar face from his past changes everything, can they learn to work together?
Will they find salvation in each other’s arms?
Manda's 3 Star Review
I'm of 2 minds on this book. The first half of the book I found very interesting and engaging, but the second half of the book I really had trouble getting into. There seemed to be a lot of drama with other characters that was never really explained. It could be explained more in the next book but it kind of distracted me away from the main characters and their story. The characters and storyline are very good and its very easy to get caught up in the story but toward the middle of the the book things began to change for me and I found that I no longer connected with the characters and their story. Things progressed very quickly and it just wasn't working for me at the end. I don't want to post any spoilers so I will just say that things move very quickly toward the end of the book and for me personally I had trouble staying with it.