Healing Luke
Beth CornelisonContemporary romance
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ISBN: 978-1-4022-2434-8
September 2009
| momentary flash of anger at his brother causes an explosion that leaves Luke Morgan scarred for life. Learning to live without an eye, a thumb and poor vision in his remaining eye seems to be more than he can cope with. His pain comes out in fits of anger that leave his family at a loss about what to do to help him. Abby Stanford's fiancé cheated on her. Instead of the honeymoon she dreams of she's in Florida to recover from her broken heart. Can two insecure people help one another or will their feelings suffer another devastating loss?
Beth Cornelison builds a fascinating tale of a family trying to cope with the emotional upheaval caused by injury to someone they love. Abby is an Occupational Therapist but she has her own pain to cope with. Luke's handsome body has been scarred by fire but Abby's has been scarred by constant teasing, insults, and her fiancé's rejection of her for a buxom blonde. It's easy to relate to the two on some level as the author shows us the struggle they go through to find emotional and/or physical healing. The author does a great job crafting this tale. Rather than discount the importance of the process of healing Luke has to go through to focus on the love story, Ms. Cornelison make it a total process without the magic wand many wave to let the love story take precedence over reality. Dynamics in any family are complicated. This tale helps to express that. It's a joy to read the amount of influence one person can have on the lives of the three great men in the Morgan family. The love story is great but made even better because it could be a slice of real life with real people. Ms. Cornelison excels again with this book.
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Reviewer: Dee Dailey |
