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March 20, 2014 8:45 am

Title: His Wounded Light (The Light in the Wound #2)

Author: Christine Brae

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: December 8, 2013

Synopsis

The perfect life.

The perfect marriage. The jilted lover. Their worlds collide. Fate intervenes twelve years later and their paths intersect once again. All three will question whether the heart is truly capable of dividing and being divided; each will decide whether it matters who you loved first or who you love last. Together they will learn that in the end, there can always only be one.

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Review

“You can lose yourself a million times over, but your heart will always know who you are. In every wound and place of emptiness, love provides a light that guides you through the darkness. It relentlessly seeks you out and stops at nothing to find you.”

I read The Light in the Wound and His Wounded Light back to back over two days, and the characters and storyline are still with me even after a week. Boy this series is emotional and heartbreaking. When I reached the end of book 1, like Isa, I felt all over the place. I felt like Isa made the right choice, but it still was painful to see how it all played out. Heading into book 2, I’ll admit, I was a bit afraid of where the story would take the characters. I wanted Isa and Alex to have their happily ever after and become everything that Alex had hoped for and that Isa needed. But the more I thought about it, the more I had to concede that in a love triangle as deep as Isa’s was, nothing is ever that simple. Life is never easy, and when a tragic incident occurs, the life that Isa and Alex had is blown apart, and the choices made after will ultimately decide if their love is enough to keep them together.

I love the fact that in His Wounded Light, readers are given insights into past events through Jesse and Alex’s point of views. It makes all of their choices throughout events in The Light in the Wound and His Wounded Light clearer. I was never a fan of Jesse. He definitely took Isa for granted throughout their courtship and put demands upon her that were both unrealistic and unfair. Hearing Jesse’s side helped me to understand how he felt in terms of what he wanted out of life, but his choices still crushed Isa and not once during that time does he ever stop to consider someone other than himself. Readers are able to witness Jesse’s growth in book 2, though, so he does redeem himself by the end.

Alex – he was always standing in the wings waiting for Isa, and when he finally gets her, he does everything in his power to show her how he feels and that they belong together. Alex and Isa have an amazing life together…the beginning of the text illustrates how much in love they are and how their family means everything to both of them, but then it all changes and the choices that both Alex and Isa make threaten to destroy their love.

While the men in Isa’s life and her interaction with them and complications because of them are a huge part of the books, at the heart of both stories is Isa herself. As a child, she is this lost little girl who only wants to be loved and feel complete. As a young woman, she puts everything she has into making a relationship work with a man who doesn’t put her first. As a sister, she gives of herself freely, always looking out for them and making sure their lives are all that they can be. As a daughter, she years for her mother’s love and is willing to take anything she can to feel it. As a mother, she surrounds her children with endless love, so that they never feel like she did. But in each position, Isa loses a little bit of herself each day until finally, she doesn’t know who she is any longer. To close up all of the wounds that are both self inflicted and created by others, Isa needs to find her way out of the darkness and into the light.

Christine Brae takes readers on a heartfelt journey through love and loss…through trails and heartaches. Both books are beautifully written and truly capture the highs and lows of not only a marriage but of life in general. They clearly demonstrate that people’s choices have lasting effects on not only themselves but those closest to them. Thank you, Christine, for telling readers a magnificent love story on multiple levels.

Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 poison apples

About The Author

Christine Brae is a full time career woman who thought she could write a book about her life and then run away as far as possible from it. She never imagined that her words would touch the hearts of so many women with the same story to tell. This is her second and final book in the Light in the Wound series. Her third book is scheduled to come out in late 2014. When not listening to the voices in her head or spending late nights at the office, Christine can be seen shopping for shoes and purses, running a half marathon or spending time with her husband and three children in Chicago.

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TRAILERS

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Excerpt

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Today, I see neither as I stare at the stranger in the mirror. There is nothing beautiful about me; I really don’t know what he sees. Even the dark circles around my eyes are cavernous and empty. They show no trace of someone who lives, only of someone who exists. No matter how hard I try, there is nothing familiar about the person I used to be. I don’t know where to find myself because I don’t know where I’ve gone. Who am I? As I struggle to accept my fate, these are the things I know: I am a mother and a sister. I am no longer a wife. I am someone else’s lover. He took away my heart and the life we made together. I will never recover. This time, these wounds will never heal. “Are you sure you have to leave tonight?” The sound of his voice transports me back to the present, where I’m standing in his robe, in his bathroom, in his home. He encircles his arms across my chest and plants little kisses on my neck. “Can’t you stay? I’ll take you home first thing tomorrow morning.” “Sorry, I really have to go. I want to be home to see Eddie off to school.” He tightens his hold and I relax my body against his. “You were absolutely amazing,” he whispers gruffly into my ear. “Stay with me a little longer. I’m not done taking care of you yet.” One day at a time. Tonight was all about forgetting but not yet forgiving. Filling but not replacing. And emerging from the abyss of loneliness knowing that I’ve pulled farther and farther away from the light.

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Synopsis

Affected by her parents’ highly publicized divorce, Isabel grows up isolated and alone, with a resolve to never fall in love and repeat their mistakes.

When Jesse Cain enters her life, she falls hopelessly in love with him, and every sadness she’s ever felt is washed away by his intensity and passion. But people change as they grow up. Things can never stay the same forever. Jesse and Isabel fight to stay together, determined to hold on to what they once had. Isabel wonders if a second love can ever be enough to make her forget her first.