Love can happen against the most difficut odds!
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Unique, touching and emotional story of two young individuals who found the type of love that many adults never find.  Surprisingly enough, they find it during an extremely difficut time in their lives.
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Offering herself in marriage to to Nicholas would secure Lady Fiona's brother's safe return and give Nicholas a step into society. A marriage of convenience can't turn to love or can it? This is a delightful read which captured me from the start. A few twists and turns with doubts, insecurities, and misunderstandings threatening the burgeoning love between them. I found this a wonderful story I would highly recommend!
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What a book!  One of the few 5-stars I've ever given.  Reading the synopsis, you might be expecting a very predictable tale designed to tug at your heartstrings - a perfect love story is cut tragically short by an awful disease.  That's not what you'll find here.  The tragedy of this story os far greater because the love story it ends is far from perfect - it's real.  The marriage Yglesias describes to us is full of the same bumps and struggles that plague everyone.  You will cry with the husband who is losing a marriage that has been the work of a lifetime.  The unfairness is not that a couple is losing a romance that was an effortless gift from heaven, but that a couple is having taken from them the happy companionship that is the result of a lifetime of hard work.

I dare you not to cry!
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We can't always choose who we fall in love with, but what will we do about it? Watch and decide!
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True love never dies-- even when apart for decades. Take chances because even while the odds might seem insurmountable, it can be a great reward in the end. A well written, page turning romance.
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"How far would you travel to find love?" is the question asked on the cover and this was what made me pick this novel and I am so glad I did that !

I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Lucky One which is a touching story of hope, belief, luck, love lost and found but most of all the secrets of the heart that guide us in our life.

Logan Thibault has seen it all in his 4 or so years career as a Marine and, now that he is back from the war, is haunted by the deaths of his friends in the army and the horrors that they faced at the battlefield. Logan survived numerous close encounters with death and came to be claimed as lucky. His friend Victor, believed that a certain picture of a woman that he carried with him was his lucky charm and though he had never met her, it protected him from harm.
Now back safe, Logan resolves to find this mysterious woman and travels across the country in pursuit of her.

Why does he feel the need to find this woman?
Does he owe her something as Victor said?
What happens when he does find her?
How will he explain the circumstances surrounding the picture?

All these questions are what Logan has to find the answers to and also discover his destiny which he feels is somehow connected to this mysterious woman.

The journey to find the woman in the picture , though he doesn't know it at the time, is one that will bring meaning to his life.

The book is simple in style but written in an engaging manner. I was  hooked from the start and felt part of the story line. The tragedy of war, the injustice of life is effectively brought to life by Sparks and left me with tears in my eyes. The love that grows between Logan and Beth is shown beautifully via emotions and circumstances that bring them together. There's is a love that blossoms in the backdrop of menace, conspiracy and difficulties. Set in the humid North Carolina, there is everything to keep us interested with nail biting scenarios, unexpected turnouts to events and a humorous touch too to the story.

All in all, a gripping page turner with an ending where I constantly feared that this could also be one of the books with unhappy endings. (I am not saying that the ending is unhappy or happy. You gotta read the book to find out ). After all you never know with Sparks, he thrives on the unconventional and has no qualms about killing his protagonists if he so wishes.

The book was successfully made into a super hit movie by the same name
The Lucky One. :)

I give the book, The Lucky One,  a 4.5 out of 5 and highly recommend it. Its a keeper which encourages us to believe and never fear the unknown. You never know..your destiny might be just round the corner!! :)

This review also available on njkinny.blogspot.in
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This is an awesome love story! A man who won't give up on the woman he loves but can't throw away responsibilities that would separate them. A man strong enough let a strong woman show her strength and strong enough to rescue her from dangerous situations. A man any woman could love!
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A short and sweet story about finding love when you least expect it! The characters are enjoyable, and the story line is good.

Loukous Kyprianos isn't used to not being able to forget a woman, but ever since his time with Emily Seymour, he can't get her off of his mind. When he has business to attend to close to where she lives, he calls to invite her to dinner ... and hopefully more! He's in for a huge shock instead, because Emily just found out that she's pregnant! They both have scars from their childhood that make them doubt themselves as parents, and as being able to commit to someone ... but for this innocent baby about to come into the world, they are willing to try!
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Love prevails no matter the circumstances, beautifully written and extremely educational as well.  The author wrote from her heart. Good job!
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True love is never easy but it is so worth it. But sometimes a little help from a guarding angel is needed.
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A wonderful love story that shows two people taking a chance on each other! This is a great series you are sure to enjoy!
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Whoa! Again! I was caught with this one in one sitting!
The story makes me yearn for book 2 please!!!! a sequel to the story of Taylor & Paige!
Sometimes things really happen... hard to explain... hard to accept... but if it really is destined to... fate it is! When you least expect things... when you can't explain things... then what you need to do is have "faith" because it was meant to be...
True love really finds its ways... even in most unbelievable ways... that's how Taylor & Paige's story I describes.... the dreams she had... the feelings she had... it really is meant to be... I probably say no more than this.... I find their story challenging in finding true love... in finding forgiveness... finding true happiness... Kudos to Sharlay! more to come... requesting for their sequels as well... xoxo
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.an incredible love story that makes you believe in the power of love ....that it really can conquer all...even after all the trials and tribulations and obsticles  that "life" has thrown their way ....these two have endured and they come out stronger and more in love because of them...way to go C. M. this one will stick in our minds for a long long time!!
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Life isn't always neat and it doesn't always look like a fairy tale. Relationships and families have problems, sometimes they are even dysfuntional. It takes tough love, passion, heartache, forgiveness, and kindess to pull through the most difficult of situations. Lillian Darcy tells a truly captivating story of a couple that was torn apart by time and circumstance. 20 years later they have a chance to be together again and must find the courage to seize the moment no matter what the obstacles are.

I strongly encourage readers to have both chocolate and tissues handy when reading this book. I found myself crying and smiling at the same time.
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It was touching, you can find love in most unlikely ways and I'm glad she found it before it was all over, everyone deserves that once in their lives!
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This book shows how there can be two sides to a person, the love that is shown is amazing!
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I  loved this story!  The struggles of the characters showed their humanity.  Their faith was strong  but human frailty means that we sometimes blow it.  Thankfully  GOD can bring beauty from the worst  messes.  I loved how the story of Isaac and Rebekah was used  as the model for this love story.  While it is not the typical way to find a spouse, there are some excellent  reasons why it could be successful if both parties  followed godly principles.  Great story!