Come Back To Me {My Thoughts}

Come Back to Me by Melissa Foster
 My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ebook Published November 1st 2011By Greenforge BooksISBN  9780984716Source: Copy of book from author in exchange for an honest review during her January blog tour.
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Book Synopsis:

Tess Johnson has it all: her handsome photographer husband Beau, a thriving business, and a newly discovered pregnancy. When Beau accepts an overseas photography assignment, Tess decides to wait to reveal her secret—only she’s never given the chance. Beau’s helicopter crashes in the desert.

Tess struggles with the news of Beau’s death and tries to put her life back together. Alone and dealing with a pregnancy that only reminds her of what she has lost, Tess is adrift in a world of failed plans and fallen expectations. When a new client appears offering more than just a new project, Tess must confront the circumstances of her life head on.

Meanwhile, two Iraqi women who are fleeing honor killings find Beau barely alive in the middle of the desert, his body ravaged by the crash. Suha, a doctor, and Samira, a widow and mother of three young children, nurse him back to health in a makeshift tent. Beau bonds with the women and children, and together, with the help of an underground organization, they continue their dangerous escape.

What happens next is a test of loyalties, strength, and love.
My Thoughts:

Have you ever struggled in your life to make sense of why things work out the way they do? Have you ever wished to go back in time and have a do over?

Tess Johnson is a young woman very much in love with her husband Beau, when he is with her the sun shines more brightly and the world just seems like it is their oyster. However when Beau is counted dead when his helicopter is shot down and the only things found are the personal effects and burned bodies of his companions her world crashes down around her ears from one breath to the next.

In taking this journey with Tess and Beau you will find out if she survives the loss of her husband, you will find out if Beau makes his way home to his wife and whether they in turn find their way back to each other in the manner that we have come to expect from a contemporary romance.

I have come to expect an emotionally charged read since getting a chance to read the author's prior works Chasing Amanda and Megan's Way. Melissa Foster is one of those writers whose work can only be described as gut wrenchingly realistic, her characters are people that we could have as neighbors as they are ordinary everyday folks that have good and bad days just like the rest of us, the plots that she comes up with in her stories are drawn from a well of research a bit of real life and most of all the compassion and empathy that she feels for others that allows this author to spin a tale that is realistic in nature without being overly sentimental in any way whatsoever.

Come Back to Me is a gritty read at times, it is full of humor, it is also full of sorrow, it will make you laugh out loud in one instance and make you cry in horror and utter shock in the next. Not only is this a really interesting look into the lives of Tess, Beau, Alice, Kevin, Louie, Suha, Samira and her children it is also a glimpse into human nature that shows us the depth of loyalty and sacrifice one can make in the name of love. It also shows how easily it is to misunderstand and make the mistake of thinking circumstances are different than they are and how hard it is to face the truth when it is easier to believe the lie.

This book will make you appreciate the lifestyle we in America take for granted, the privileges American women have that we take as our due and most of all make you think long and hard about what you would do in the name of love and friendship for those you care about. Not only will the story stay with you for a long while after you put it down but it will make you want to read more by the author as well.

[An ecopy of this book was provided as part of the author's January blog tour to be read in exchange for an honest review.]
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