The Christmas He Loved Her

September 2, 2013
The second installment of Stone’s Bad Boys series (after The Summer He Came Home) is a heartwarming and intense tale of two lost souls. Raine feels like a mere shell of herself, still mourning her husband, Jesse, a year after his death on the battlefield. She only feels alive when she’s with Jake, Jesse’s twin brother, with whom she has always had a tumultuous relationship. Tough and handsome, with dark terrors from his own wartime experience, Jake has been quietly in love with Raine for years. Now Raine and Jake are pulled to one another, but they must battle their internal demons and intertwined secrets before love can overcome their shared grief. Readers will enjoy the passionate interludes, feisty protagonists, and smalltown charm.

October 15, 2013

It's taken more than a year for former army ranger Jake Edwards to return to Crystal Lake after the death in Afghanistan of his twin brother, Jesse. Jake knows it's time to come home and move on--if he can. But grief and guilt haunt him. That he has secretly loved Jesse's widow, Raine, since they were kids--she's majorly annoyed with him for staying away--just makes it worse. As the sparks fly and the tension mounts, it's only a matter of time before they will be forced to deal with their grief and come to terms with their conflicted feelings. VERDICT Two lost souls who've been friends forever struggle to overcome the past and get on with their lives in this heart-wrenching, uplifting story that overflows with family, friends, and holiday spirit and is infused with the healing power of love. Stone (The Summer He Came Home) lives in Canada.

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