Title: The Presence of Grace
Series: Love and Loss #2
Series: Love and Loss #2
Author: Anie Michaels
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Blurb
Devon Roberts was familiar with loss. He’d lost his wife and, in a way, he’d lost himself. Moving through life with two kids, doing everything he could to make life good again for his son and daughter, meant romance was the last thing on his mind.
Until he saw her.
Again.
She was the first person to make him feel as though loving someone else wouldn’t be wrong.
Even though he thought his loss was unbearable, he never could have fathomed she might have had more slip through her fingers.
He’d fought before; fought for his family, for his love, and for his life. But her fight, although buried deep and festering within, was a fight he wasn’t sure he had the strength to overcome.
All he knew for sure was that his life was better in the presence of Grace.
Until he saw her.
Again.
She was the first person to make him feel as though loving someone else wouldn’t be wrong.
Even though he thought his loss was unbearable, he never could have fathomed she might have had more slip through her fingers.
He’d fought before; fought for his family, for his love, and for his life. But her fight, although buried deep and festering within, was a fight he wasn’t sure he had the strength to overcome.
All he knew for sure was that his life was better in the presence of Grace.
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4.5 Stars!"My family was stitched together in the most beautiful way, and Grace was the thread that held us all together."
Too bad I didn't realize this was a book 2 before I started reading it. I think getting the background from book 1 would have been good, but I still really enjoyed The Presence of Grace. I guess I will just have to go back and read, The Absence of Olivia, to get the full story. Besides, I wouldn't mind being able to read more about Devon. Just one book with him just isn't enough!
Devon had me hooked from the beginning. I don't know what it is about guys with kids, but they get me every time! I love reading about single men being dad's and loving their children. But in Devon's case, it broke my heart to watch him move on from Olivia. It's always a thin line for me when I read books about the character having to move on after their spouse dies. It has to be the hardest thing to do, and I just want it do be done without the new relationship taking away from the previous relationship. I really feel that Anie Michaels did a beautiful job with the way Devon transitioned from Olivia to Grace. I think the hardest part for me was when the kids were picking what picture to put in their rooms. I couldn't stop crying for them. I think from that point on the tears were falling throughout the rest of the story. One thing I loved was even though the children were missing their mother, they embraced Grace with open arms. I think Devon said it best when he said...
"I had my whole world right in front of me, and everything was beautiful in the presence of Grace."
It really was!
~Review by Juls
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Author Bio
Anie Michaels is the author of the Never series, the Privates serial, and stand-alone novels The Space Between Us, Instead of You, and The Absence of Olivia. She started writing her first novel in June 2013 and hasn’t looked back since. Working at home as a full-time writer of books, when she is not pounding on the keyboard she can be found reading, playing with her kids, spending time with her family, and connecting with her close friends. She’s spent her entire life in the Pacific Northwest, lives in Portland, Oregon, and can’t imagine ever being anywhere else… except maybe somewhere tropical.
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