Ok, so I started this one immediately after finishing the last one…mistake #1Then, I was at the Cleveland Author Event for the weekend with family…mistake #2I didn’t get to finish this one until I got back from Cleveland and was home sick for almost an entire week…mistake #3When I first started reading this and the name Xavier popped up I was scared to read it!! I just finished a book with an amazing Xavier character and didn’t want to compare the two. Well, luckily for me, the second Xavier was another amazing character and I was definitely able to tell the difference between the two!!Talk about an emotional journey…Oh my!!! I had NO IDEA what I was in store for here!! You think I said that Michelle veered off course…well Sloan did a total 180 with this story!! Completely different from anything she has previously published. And that chance she took to change….A-FREAKING-MAZING!!!! Blew my mind!!Melanie’s ability to put her feelings aside and do the job she was hired for was above and beyond! She was such a strong female with great values that I was simply in awe of her. Her ability to love the entire Ross family despite her history was breathtaking. I don’t think I’d ever be able to do what Melanie did!Alyssa was also an amazing female character and I cried desperately for her. An amazing mother and wonderful wife whose path in life would lead her away from the family she loved so dearly, how could you not cry?? And then, to entrust her family into the hands of the woman she never lived up to be…whew…I could NOT do it!!I’m getting even more emotional just trying to write this review!I’m telling you people, you NEED to read this book!!5++++ emotionally draining stars!! Go get it!! Enjoy it!! And most importantly, learn to embrace life and all that it brings as you never know when something will get in the way of your hopes and dreams! I absolutely loved this book. The author captured every emotion very well in this book.Melanie Erickson loves her job so much that she has made it her life. She is trying to hide her heartache that was caused 6 years ago by the one man that she loved.Xavier Ross is used to having things go his way. When his wife get sick he finally realizes how much he loves her and his son. But he will not ever forget the one he let get away 6 years ago.Mel is the one to come to take care of Xavier’s end of life care and get them all ready for her death. Can she keep her emotions out of this families tragic event or will she be emotionally involved????
What do You think about Fragile Bonds (2000)?
3.5 second chance stars!!There were parts I loved and others I just wanted to skim through...
—airess
3.5Very nice book. I just read it at the wrong place and time =)
—MicahBlezzina
i was getting mixed signals here but still heartbreaking
—Flypoppa
Great story!!!Addictive book!!!A must read!!!!Loved it!
—jen
