Really great read, couldn't help from shedding tears....
357969
Sweet story that really moved me . The simple true human qualities of the main characters reeled me in and kept me on board for the full ride
4952697
I admit to crying more than once while reading this book. I really like books by Kelly Oram, but I think this is my favorite of hers. It was a great read and I didn't want to put it down. The only thing I wish would have happened is that there wpuld have been more to the ending. I want to know exactly how Cinder and Ella get their happy ending.  If there was a sequel I wpuld buy it. But that's pretty much hpw I feel about all of Kelly Oram's books.
1234322
I feel crying when start reading the first couple pages.
It's impossible not to love Ana.
If you're facing the trauma, please don't feel you're alone.  Open this book......
1661458
Unique plot and storyline, chock-FULL of irony. Sometimes just a tiny bit predictable but many surprises make up for that. Get out your Kleenex, great heartwrenching read! And no- it is not all about feeling sorry for foreigners from Afghanastan or the plight of the middle east, it is just a very good story. I did not get the feeling of any political agenda behind it, and I do find THAT annoying.  :)  LOVED IT!!!
743674
I'm am sitting here writing this through tears. Not just tears, I'm pretty much bawling. The emotional connection and power in these few pages is amazing. Definitely read this but have tissues nearby.
2771725
Great book, couldn't put it down, except when I had to go get a tissue to wipe my eyes.
A great knitting pattern at the end was a nice surprise for me!
1929421
I don't give 5 stars lightly. Subject matter of this book worried me but it was beautifully written. Yes, I cried.... several times. Not all sad tears, some happy tears. I was highly invested in these characters. I longed for a happy ending for Jenn & her family. I prayed for the friendships to remain despite the different outlooks on the situations. I grieved with the town and felt uplifted at the coming together. I felt so much compassion for the mother of the shooter. She was not a monster, she was also a grieving mother and had to endure even more knowing that her son was the one who took all of those lives. The twist at the end was good, even though I had figured it out about 1/2 way through (I'm good at that stuff). Reading the other in the series next even though it's more like a prequel to this one and tells about before the shooting. Hoping the author will write an after too as I would love to see where these families and this lovely town end up years later. Only negative I have to say about this book is that I wanted to know more about the reporter's personal story. I felt there was something there, but it never came out. Hoping another book is in the works where maybe that will be answered!
3041472
What a gut wrencher!

This is the first story I've read from this author and it completely ripped me apart. I was gutted from the prologue and every few pages something would happen and it'd rip me back open again.
First, we have Elizabeth and her husband Grady; you can feel the love between them and the love they have for their four children. They were proud of their family and life was great.... then, Grady gets sick and leaves Elizabeth all alone to raise her four kids without the love of her life. And that just isn't fair,is it? To think you get a lifetime with someone, wanting that so much and then finding out that just isn't true.... my heart broke for her and my heart broke for her children. I can't even imagine and I dread the day I may have to find out what it may be like to live without my dad or my husband. How will I cope?
I thought Ms. Higginson done a beautiful job navigating through the grief process; I mean everyone experiences it in a different way and although sometimes it felt like she couldn't get through it, she did... Especially when she had Ben's help.

Ben moved in next door. Not married, no kids and seemed to be okay as a workoholic but was changing it more and more. At first he becomes the friend that Elizabeth needs; he waits patiently until she feels comfortable around him, then until she can trust him, then trusts him with her children which, is a scary thing for a mother. She doesn't rush him or bring him around until she trusts him and I liked seeing that; the kids had already lost their daddy, they didn't need someone else coming and going after they got attached. I loved how slow they both took it and how okay Ben was with that. I loved Emma and how she was there for her sister but also good friends with Ben; I loved that Liz also kept in touch with Grady's mom and brother even if she felt like an outsider sometimes, there was no bad blood and very little awkwardness, but hey, that's to be expected, isn't it?
This whole story was just beautifully depicted and I loved reading through the process of losing a great love and learning to find it again. Learning to find oneself again and learning how to go on living even though you feel like the biggest piece of you is missing. It was such a fantastic story and I was so glad that I got a chance to read it.

If you like slow-burn, low angst, heartbreaking and hopeful reads, don't pass this one up. You'll get through it and be glad you did in the end. I wouldn't mind reading more about this family :)
4019213
I'm literally just trying to stop bawling. OMG I'm downloading the whole trilogy now.

Thanks for a great read ,it was the best
358791
Great book, story was very touching and very heartfelt. I cried a few times when reading it was very touching. Never could really figure it all out until the end, glad for the wonderful ending! I really enjoyed the story, it was very poignent and really couldn't put it down. That is the sign of a good read.
4090979
I am not normally a reader of novels but accidentally downloaded this one. When I started I thought it would be an easy read. Not so! As I read the chapters, I wanted the suffering to end. After finishing the book I see how the author beautifully brought me into the book and by the end, I couldn't read for the tears. Very good book.
2046953
I loved this book, however, be warned it is not for the faint at heart.  The things that took place in this book made me cry as well as my stomach turn.  It is so sad to know that this is life for so many people living in the world today.  Excellent read and I look forward to reading the next.
2873956
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time.  It brought me to tears, mainly over the dog, but that's why I gave it four stars instead of five. Zell had already endured enough grief, why did the author have to heap it on?  I know life is tough, but it was an unresolved detail (again like life is sometimes) that just seemed like too much.  Nicely drawn characters, good plot, enough mystery and tension to keep you going until the end...except for poor Ahab.  Maybe a sequel will find him living happily in Kentucky, after all.....
138759
Mr. Blackwell's Bride is a total WIN for me! 

What made this book for me were the tears. It's been a while since I have found a book that pulled in all the right places and made me cry. Those are truly my favorite books and I was able to enjoy this book from beginning to end.

Drake was truly one of the biggest jerks around...he just really didn't know what to do with Noriko and the new expectations that being a husband really presented. I think that is what made the emotions for me. He was so detached and brusque that to see that develop was magical almost.

I did get a little irritated with Noriko...just because she does know emotion and I just couldn't believe she was so focused on the end game...get in, get out. But watching all of the feelings develop really warmed me to her and I could understand and feel for her after a bit.

I have read several of Sienna Blake's stories and really I never been disappointed. I think I have binged every single one and keep coming back for more...certain I will not be let down.

Mr. Blackwell's Bride is a great emotional ride, one I highly encourage you take!

I am giving Mr. Blackwell's Bride 5 stars.

Review by Corrie H for Lamplight Review and Promotion
**I was given an ARC for an honest review
304950
I reallyenjoyed this book, was actually sad when i finished it!!! Thank you!!!
1226403
I truly liked this book. J.L. Campbell is obviously a very gifted writer because I was hooked from the very start. It was so heartbreaking at points, especially the tragedy that happened for such young children. it was awful but the author really portrayed it well. Ma'am was a horrible mother and wife but she was such a complicated character that I wanted to learn more about her frame of mind from the time she met Maxwell. It's easy to call her selfish but I still wanted to delve deeper into her character. Which is my same feeling for Maxwell, I wanted to know even more about him and what made him make the choices he made like staying with a woman who obviously disliked his daughter, and having even more children with her.

Even at the end though and Christine got everything she wanted to be happy, I was still so sad for the rest of the kids :( It was a great book thoughand I would highly recommend it!
2771226
A real tear jerker.......  If you have lost a true love in your life be prepared to cry a lot.  This is a wonderful story of how life can throw at us great happiness and sorrow all in the same experience.  I really related to this one.