Author: K.C. Lynn
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 24,
2014
Faith ~
Cad
e Walker is like no man I’ve
ever met before. He’s cynical, brooding, mysterious
and, most of all, damaged.
He’s a man who declares he’s broken, and one who de
tests the two very things I
live for most: God and love. Yet, I’ve still fallen
completely in love with him
because I also see the good, something that no one
else ever has. I see a man
who is strong, silent, honorable and beautiful. He’
s a man who is now scarred
just as badly on the outside of his body as he is o
n the inside, all because of
me. One who endured severe torture in order to save
me from what would be the
worst thing I will ever experience in my entire lif
e. He is a man I call my
dark angel, one who will have my heart until the en
d of time, even if I
can
never have his.
Cade ~
At
fifteen years old I lost the
only person that ever mattered to me, and the day I
lost my little sister in
the most vile way was the exact moment I stopped li
ving and only existed.
That’s until ten years later, when I walked into an
open field in Iraq to hear
the most incredible voice I would ever hear in my l
ife. One that rooted me to
my spot, and ended up belonging to the most beautif
ul woman in the world. The
only woman to ever make me feel something again, so
mething that I thought was
dead inside of me. And no matter how badly I wanted
to keep her, I knew I
couldn’t. Not with what I have lurking inside of me
. It’s something I’ve always
kept hidden. That is, until the day I unleashed it
on the people who dared to
hurt her. It was the one thing that gave me the str
ength to save us, but it was
also the one thing that would remind me of why I co
uld never have her.
Now two years later, the one girl I
never
thought I would ever see again, the one I have spent my days and nights craving
like an addict, walks back into my life unexpectedly, giving us both the shock
of our lives. And when the time comes that she need
s me again, I no longer
resist. Before I know it, I’m pulled into a life I
thought I could never have,
one that scares the shit out of me but it’s one I’m
realizing I want. There is
just one problem. One very big problem... She lives f
or the very thing I loathe,
and the one thing that killed my sister... God.
This is the 3rd book in the Men of Honor series by K.C. Lynn. I was completely smitten by Cade in book one and was anxious for his story from that day on. I'd like to give a few warnings because I think they are important. This book deals with difficult topics and subjects that may upset certain people. If you followed this series then you already know what happened to Cade, Jaxon and Sawyer while they were in Iraq. But also the terror that was perpetrated against the sweet little sister of Cade was also delved into. This book will go more into depth about these scenarios. Do not go into this lightly.
The story of Cade and Faith was the sweetest most profound love story that I've come across in a long long time and had a very passionate start.
But it also had a terrifying and soul destroying middle.
Cade came out of his sisters death with a strong hatred and animosity towards God and anything or anyone who stands in representation of God. So while he is serving in Iraq he comes across a beautiful red head singing her heart out and quickly she captures his attention and even though she stands for everything he hates, Faith captures him totally. One splendid and erotic night is shared and their souls are connected beyond belief.
Unfortunately this is where their nightmare begins and they are ripped apart for 2 years. But when love is meant to be ..things will fall into place and these two are suddenly forced back into each others lives. Their chemistry was as strong as ever and their love never went away. Fate is strong and nothing was going to keep Fate from putting these two back together. What I adored about these two were that a beautiful and adorable friendship grew and the way they were together went a long way to help cover some emotional scars for them both.
Faith and Cade were a force of nature. Like a magnetic pull that they couldn't fight. I was swept away by the romance and never wanted to leave. I won't leave out that Cade was another award winning dirty talker but honestly that didn't come close to how purely emotional these two were together.
Faith was a girl with a heart so big that at times I just cried for her. I wanted Cade to just hold her and comfort her so badly. Cade is the most protective guy though and it doesn't take long for him to step up and be everything that she deserves and he craves to be for her. When he finally let's his walls down he is the most tender man I've ever read. Faith craves Cade like her body needs air ..it was so tender, passionate and amazing to read these two together.
Ms. Lynn added some interesting characters in this installment that took Cade and Faith on a journey of healing and redemption. I don't want to give too much of this plot line away because there are so many important parts to this journey that was written in the most perfect way. To heal and to strengthen and to build this couple a foundation to take them to a fantastic conclusion. K. C. writes sensational, passionate and thought provoking plots. There is not enough words to convey the splendid perfection of this amazing story.
I saw two broken souls become one and at the same time saw blessings rained down on them.
The religious aspect was dealt with grace and respect and I am proud to have found this author and proud to call her a favorite. This is by far the best book she's written so far and I can only imagine where she'll go from here.
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Resisting
Temptation - Excerpt
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Faith’s
POV
With my vision
blurry from tears, I run toward the one place I’ve loved going to since
coming here.
The bright morning sun beats down on me, but my bod
y is plagued with too many
emotions to feel any of its warmth. They rush throu
gh my veins and crawl up my
throat, trying to suffocate me, as memories from tw
o years ago play through my
head. Good ones, bad ones, they all hit me at once.
..
The unsuspecting
smile of a beautiful but dark man, who captured my
attention. The evenings of
singing to him in the sunset. His hands and mouth e
xploring my body as I
explored his. A man whose eyes held me captive, and
made me feel like the most
beautiful woman in the world, as he moved inside of
me, not only claiming my
body but also claiming my heart. The same man who</
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hown me the only loving touch I
would know for the next two years, and maybe the re
st of my life.
Then come the ugly
memories. The ones of rough, unwanted hands that de
livered not only pain to my
body, but shame to my soul. Ones that tore at my cl
othes, and took what was not
offered to them. The sound of a little boy’
s screams, as he begged
them to stop,
while he was forced to watch me be violated in the
worst way.
This is what
bitches are for, boy. Fucking, not singing. We will
make a man out of you yet.
A sob of agony rips
from my throat and I push myself harder and faster.
The burn of my legs and
lungs still not enough to quiet the evil running through my head.
“Do you still believe in
your God,
female?” he
asks, holding my cross necklace over my beaten and
naked body. When I don’t
answer him, he sends another blow to my already battered face. “ANSWER
ME!”
“Yes,” I
choke out through the blood that pools in my mouth.
The sounds of a little boy’s
broken sobs fill the air, and rip through my already tortured heart.
“You are a stupid, stupid woman. I will
teach you who the real God is. And before you leave
this earth you will call me
Allah.”
This disgusting
person may have stolen my body and tortured my soul
, but he would not take my
faith. Not ever. I stare defiantly into his malevolent dark eyes, my fear long
forgotten. “Over
my dead body.”
He responds with a
malicious smile, “So
be it, bitch.”
Spotting the
crystal blue waves in the near distance, I push mys
elf harder as I race toward
the beautiful, deserted beach. As soon as my feet h
it the sand I slow only
enough to toe off my running shoes and ankle socks
before rushing into the
ice-cold ocean. Once I’m
far enough out, I dive in headfirst and let the fresh water steal my breath and
cleanse my soul.
My lungs begin to
burn so much it’s
almost unbearable, but it does the trick. The dirty
and ugly memories begin to
wash away, but instead of being replaced with beautiful ones of the man who
once held my heart, it holds the one of a man who w
as severely tortured and
beaten... all because of me. The same man who saved
my life then refused to
ever see me again. And the worst part is, I still don’t k
now if it’s because he blames
me, or because he can’t
bear to look at me knowing what they did to me.
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Fighting Temptation, #1
K.C.
Lynn lives in a small town in Western Canada. She’s
married and is a stay at home mom of four: two girls
and a set of twin boys. She coaches the local high
school cheerleading team and also has her own
rhinestone clothing business. Her love of romance books brought her to writing her first debut novel and
she looks forward to writing many more. When she’s
not writing, or spending time with her family, she’
s
reading and loves going to the movies.
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