SAVING NATHANIEL
Contemporary romance
Nathaniel is treading an emotional knife-edge, and the abyss is beckoning.
Following the deaths of his wife and baby, he has lived with unresolved guilt and grief, and it is tearing him apart.
Enter temporary housekeeper, Megan, empathetic and compassionate, but with baggage of her own.
Is she strong enough to save a broken soul bent on self destruction or is it already too late...for both of them?
*Caution - some adult content and occasional strong language*
First edition: SAVING NATHANIEL © 2009 Jillian Ward
Second edition: SAVING NATHANIEL © 2014 Jillian Ward
Published via Blue Quill Books
ISBN: 9781452343273
REVIEWS
5.0 stars out of 5
October 14, 2010
by Soooz Burke
A BOOK TO CHERISH
Once in a while a book comes along that lingers in your memory long after the final chapter is read. "Saving Nathaniel" is such a book.
The author has created characters that live, breath, cry, laugh and love within the pages. Nathaniel is a man drowning in his own grief and guilt at the loss of his wife and child. He is every man who has ever grieved and attempted to hide his pain.
The reader wants to offer him comfort; wants to help him find a measure of peace...The author answers our request by giving us Megan, a wonderfully warm and vital character, she has the innate wisdom of a woman who nurtures, unrestrained in her efforts to jolt this man back into the land of the living. The dialogue between these two is rich with underlying meaning. At times you ache for Nathaniel and then want to shake him. He is flawed and oh so very human.
This is NOT chiclit, these are not the glamorous, amorous, "Barbie and Ken" look alikes found in many romance novels. These characters are older, wiser and so human and flawed that they reach inside the reader and ingnite that spark of recognition that a truly great book can. The characters become friends to the reader, friends we come to care about and want the best for. That is the measure of a fine author.
Jillian Brookes-Ward has the touch. Saving Nathaniel is a book that makes you smile, and yes...cry a little, mostly though it's a book that you will remember.
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5.0 stars out of 5
October 14, 2010
by Soooz Burke
A BOOK TO CHERISH
Once in a while a book comes along that lingers in your memory long after the final chapter is read. "Saving Nathaniel" is such a book.
The author has created characters that live, breath, cry, laugh and love within the pages. Nathaniel is a man drowning in his own grief and guilt at the loss of his wife and child. He is every man who has ever grieved and attempted to hide his pain.
The reader wants to offer him comfort; wants to help him find a measure of peace...The author answers our request by giving us Megan, a wonderfully warm and vital character, she has the innate wisdom of a woman who nurtures, unrestrained in her efforts to jolt this man back into the land of the living. The dialogue between these two is rich with underlying meaning. At times you ache for Nathaniel and then want to shake him. He is flawed and oh so very human.
This is NOT chiclit, these are not the glamorous, amorous, "Barbie and Ken" look alikes found in many romance novels. These characters are older, wiser and so human and flawed that they reach inside the reader and ingnite that spark of recognition that a truly great book can. The characters become friends to the reader, friends we come to care about and want the best for. That is the measure of a fine author.
Jillian Brookes-Ward has the touch. Saving Nathaniel is a book that makes you smile, and yes...cry a little, mostly though it's a book that you will remember.
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