“In the conventional storyline, I’m supposed to be the one slaying dragons to save you, the princess in distress. So, you see, I feel odd being the rescued.”
Welcome, Reluctant Stranger! (Book 3) by E Journey
Book Description:
Frantic flight, peaceful life. Act of treason on an island country. Cauldron of warring emotions. Exotic beauty, ace with a gun. Hunk with gifts for mockery and cooking.
Nine-year-old Leilani and her family mysteriously flee the island country of Costa Mora, leaving her father. Years later, her peaceful solitary life in California ends when she rescues Justin Halverson from thugs and she learns a devastating truth about her father. As she agonizes over her father, Justin comforts her, and they’re drawn closer together.
With Justin, she returns to her birthplace to get her father quietly out. There, she reconnects with her past, but can she forgive her father and accept him for who he is? Can she finally be at peace with who she is? Welcome, Reluctant Stranger interweaves a love story into a tale of past political intrigue and Leilani’s inner journey, accepting her past.
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Such a powerful novel about love, healing and redemption. Leilani's past is always with her even though she leads a fairly peaceful life. She might be helping others but she can't come into terms with who she really is.
When she rescues Justin from being beaten up, everything comes into head. She knows that she has to face her past to save herself. And goes back to Costa Mora, looking for hr father. JUstin too is a broken man, lost and trying to find himself.
This novel has it all. Political turmoil, inner conflicts, romance and the healing that has to come from within, not from any therapy.
It made a good reading, flowed well and grew into me....
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Guys need rescuing now and then just to remind them this is possible.
Thank you so much for reviewing the three books in my series, Between Two Worlds. I find readers/reviewers from India thoughtful and insightful, like you. I wish you the best and a long history in blogging.
I'm also intrigued by the quote you chose.
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