Ryan Kendall is broken. He understands pain. He
knows the hand of violence and the ache of loss. He knows what it means to fail
those who need you. Being broken doesn’t stop him wanting the one thing he
can’t have; Finlay Tanner. Her smile is sweet and her future bright. She’s the
girl he grew up with, the girl he loves, the girl he protects from the world,
and from himself.
At nineteen, Ryan leaves to join the Australian
Army. After years of training he becomes an elite SAS soldier and deploys to
the Afghanistan war. His patrol undertakes the most dangerous missions a
soldier can face. But no matter how far he runs, or how hard he fights, his
need for Finlay won’t let go.
Returning home after six years, one look is all
it takes to know he can’t live without her. But sometimes love isn’t enough to
heal what hurts. Sometimes people like him can’t be fixed, and sometimes people
like Finlay deserve more than what’s left.
"I'll love you
longer than the stars that live in the sky."
When I saw that Kate McCarthy had a new book
coming out I jumped all over the chance to read it for a review. I owned Give
Me Love for months before I randomly read it and that was all it took. I
literally could not put it down until I was finished. It had been a while since
I had loved a book that hard. I was officially Kate’s #1 fan. The second Give
Me Strength came out I was all over that like it was my own personal Jake
Gyllenhaal. Kate has the power to write a story in such a way that you are in
that moment with the characters. You feel what they feel…except the orgasms,
not even she’s that good.
Ryan Kendall is broken. He understands pain. He knows the
hand of violence and the ache of loss. He knows what it means to fail those who
need you. Being broken doesn’t stop him wanting the one thing he can’t have;
Finlay Tanner. Her smile is sweet and her future bright. She’s the girl he grew
up with, the girl he loves, the girl he protects from the world, and from
himself.
There are not many things better than a story
you can fall in love with. Fighting Redemption has everything a great book
needs….hot sex, alpha males, gun fights, tears, and a love story you can cheer
for. Ryan may not be perfect, but then again the best men never are. He has
demons to fight against and challenges to overcome. Both in his own mind and in
the real world. War is not fun, and Kate does an amazing job of showing the
brotherhood felt by men who battle together side by side. The blood, sweat, and
tears are felt not only by the men fighting, but by the reader as well. From the
first moment they meet you can’t help but cheer for Ryan and Finlay. You WANT
them to be together, you KNOW that their love can overcome any obstacle. Yet
there are times when their future is in doubt.
"Even though we've
never been together, you've always been mine, and even if I never get to keep
you, you'll still be mine."
Fighting Redemption is Kate’s finest work to
date. This is one of the best books of 2013…and as the year is almost over it
has a lot it is up against. My wish is that there are more books about the
characters we meet in Fighting Redemption. A chance to spend more time in this
world would be my Christmas wish…do you hear that Ms. McCarthy?!?! Give me
more!
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Kate McCarthy grew up in a small town outside of Port Macquarie, Australia. Raised in a house just a short walk to the beach, Kate enjoyed the peaceful, relaxed atmosphere and friendships that come from being raised in a friendly, small town area.
She now resides in Brisbane, Australia, a city
in the state of Queensland where she works as an accountant, along with a
sideline wedding cake business and her writing.
She is married with two children, has two dogs
and house in the suburbs, and a pile of friends and family dotted all over the
country that help keep her sane.
When she’s not busy running after naughty kids,
filthy dogs, crunching numbers, piping buttercream and writing books, you can
find her curled up in bed in the early hours of the morning reading new books
and re-reading old favourites. Her favourite books are the Black Dagger
Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward in which she longs to eventually join the
brotherhood and change her name to Phierce Mutha.
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