Katie’s world came crashing down in an instant.
Her husband, daughter, and unborn baby. . . all gone in a flash. The life that she’d come to know, gone before she ever really got to live it.
With a broken heart, she deals the only way she knows how, by shutting it all off. No communicating, no feelings, just pure nothingness.
Alone with nothing but her own thoughts and a well meaning family, she moves back to her childhood home, a horse farm. It’s there that she finds herself healing along with the horses her family rehabilitates. But when Parker McKenzie comes back into her life she’s reminded of all that went wrong, and all that she lost.
Will Katie ever begin to heal? Or will her secrets and loss be too much for her to overcome?
Perhaps, this is her kismet.
(Sigh.) Where to begin. What happens to a person when they lose their entire world? Katie lost them all in an instant and basically lost all hope.
When I first started reading this, I had a hard time continuing, but not because it was bad, but because it was raw and emotionally heartbreaking . I can’t fathom how one would be able to move forward if they endured what Katie did. The story kept me on edge, and I had to keep reading!
She shut down, like I possibly would and it touched me deeply. She felt her family’s death was her fault, her KISMET, that was punishing her for past mistakes, therefore making her believe she didn’t deserve to move on from her grief.
She moves back home to her parents farm and tries to gain some sort of normalcy after all that has happened. Enter Parker, childhood friend, protector, and lost love. He’s persistent and refuses to leave her alone to do it all on her own.
“You’re still in there Katie, and I refuse to give up on you.” -Parker
Learning to move on after tragedy, gives Katie and Parker a second chance to heal their past. This book made me smile, cry and want to scream! Oh the feels!!
“When he kissed me, I felt like I was finally coming alive, like I’d found my person.”-Katie
Sigh. Like seriously, She found her person.
I also loved, loved, LOVED her brother, Tommy. I’ve always dreamed of having a big brother just like him, so he totally had me sucked in the story. He was a rock for Katie.
The plot twist - gutted me and left me reeling. Gah. I wasn’t a huge fan of it.
But with all that said, this was an amazing story of love, loss, pain, redemption, hope...it’s all there.
I definitely recommend it.
**A copy of this book was provided in exchange for an honest review**
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
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