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  Publication Date:  December 1 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Romance/Grief/2nd chance Publisher:  self published Length:  382 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis I’m in love with my best friend’s widow. The only person I’ve cared more for is gone. There’s no doubt he knew yet never let on. It was just the kind of man Jake was. I’ve worn my guilt like a second skin since we were teens,  worshipping her from afar. But time has done me no favors. Under the surface, resentment grows.  A rage no one else sees. But now she’s asked me to do the unthinkable… To grant her the comfort she needs. I’m helpless to say no to Mel. I’d give her anything.  Even if doing this will ultimately destroy me when it’s over. Review:  George Huggie Hughes has been in love with his best friends wife since they all met when they were teens.  He was there for the wedding, and supported them through everything, including 2 kids.  ...

Title:   Overcome: Burned, Blinded, and Blessed by Carmen Blandin Tarleton Publisher: RTC Publishing 294 Pages Genre: Autobiography I received this book through netgalley.com as an advanced readers copy. It was released February 20, 2013 Synopsis:  On June 10, 2007, Carmen Blandin Tarleton’s estranged husband broke into her rural Vermont home, beat her with a baseball bat, and doused her with industrial-strength lye. Doctors called it “THE MOST HORRIFIC INJURY A HUMAN BEING COULD SUFFER.” Tarleton spent the next three and a half months in a medically induced coma, and when she awoke, it was to an unimaginable reality: she was blind and permanently disfigured, with burns covering more than eighty percent of her body. Her recovery would include months of painful rehab, dozens of surgeries, and total dependence on family, friends, and strangers for physical and financial care. With so much taken away, no one could have anticipated what Tarleton would gain from her exp...