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WRDF Review of Shadow Boxing by Karen Wiesner

Title: SHADOW BOXING, Book 2 of the Family Heirlooms Series
Genre: Inspirational Contemporary Romance
Author: Karen Wiesner
978-1-60504-354-8 (electronic)
Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Blurb:

Book Two Family Heirloom: Building love

Joined before God and family out of a sense of responsibility? Or love?

As a teenager, Justine Morris's escape from the pressures of caring for her dying father was stolen moments with Joshua Samuels. But their tender, desperate liaison found them facing teen pregnancy. Afraid of their Christian families' responses to the situation, they married quickly and built a life for their child.

But now that their daughter is ready to fly the nest, Justine can no longer ignore the truth: She and Joshua haven't had a real marriage for a long time. Maybe they never had one at all.

Joshua is only too aware that his busy, professional attorney wife is an independent woman who never really needed him. After nearly two decades of marriage, he's quit trying to get more than a piece of her at a time. Without their daughter holding them together, he knows the chasm between them will grow to epic proportions.

Their empty nest looming, they face the hard questions. Had they married in love…or out of a hasty sense of responsibility? Was it God's will for them to be together? And now, is it worth the effort to learn to become one as the Lord intends for a man and a woman…or better to simply let go?

Review:

Mmmmm- how to find the words to do this story justice? This book has a slow steady pace but it’s deep- really deep. Well rounded, three-dimensional characters and not too many secondary’s mean that you can really get into the nitty-gritty of the relationship. Ms Wiesner has a great writing style- very polished, tight and not too flowery so that you are absorbed and carried along on the current without being aware of the process. I felt really emotionally involved in the characters’ relationship and loved them both and I loved the way they gradually worked towards a resolution. I also enjoyed the little development towards the end of the book. I have to admit that on the down side I did find myself wondering, could two people who have been married for eighteen years really be this obtuse about each other? Yes, I believe they could and Ms Wiesner makes the conflict one hundred percent believable.

I loved the physical scenes. They happen but you are never taken into the detail, they are extremely tastefully done without losing any of the impact and without being explicit.

I cried buckets reading this. If you want a moving, poignant and tender story about two people finding each other again then this is for you. Definitely recommended.

Reviewed by Vasiliki Scurfield

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