HEAL MY HURTING HEART
ALLISON KNIGHT
ISBN#1897261128
January 2007
Champagne Books
www.champagnebooks.com
E-Book
$6.00
262 pages
Historical Romance
Rating: 4 Cups

Gina is lucky to be alive, thanks to her rescuer. Being found on a mountainside near death, she is grateful for the man who helped her, but she cannot even tell him her name. He has to tell her she must be Gina; it is on a locket she has with her.

Luke Adams is the one who found Gina that day and brought her to his home. The doctor said not to move her and so she stays, whether he likes it or not. He has a ranch to run and cannot be taking care of an amnesiac woman no matter how pretty she is.

Gina and Luke have a rocky start because she is running from something and cannot remember everything yet. Luke, in the meantime, does not need another woman in his life, especially one forced on him. Gina has nightmares and starts to remember but dares not tell Luke for fear he will send her back to the man that tried to kill her; her stepfather. He says he will protect her; in fact, he marries her to do just that.

This is not your usual western, which is why I liked it. A runaway woman fleeing for her life sounds familiar. In this case it is from a stepfather who has murdered her mother. Today we realize abuse for what it truly is; violent, abusive males who attack those weaker than they are. Gina has Luke, but with his trust issues I can see where he is coming from, although I wanted to slap him upside the head and make him listen. She needs to tell him the truth about her past, but can never find the right time it seems, until it is almost too late to save both herself and him.

Lainey
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