Solid Ground
Wounded Love #3
Megan Green
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 17, 2016
From piggy back rides to promise rings.
Joey Roberts and Nichole Hadley were inseparable from the moment they met on the playground. Years later, with graduation looming and their future about to begin, they were positive nothing could tear them apart.
Until one bad decision.
More than a decade following their breakup, Joey returns to town after suffering a devastating injury in Iraq. With a new job on the police force and a new house to fix up, he knows he’ll have no trouble keeping his mind and body occupied.
But when a call brings him face to face with a broken and battered Nichole Hadley-Reynolds, it ignites a flame he’d long thought extinguished.
Joey was certain he’d forgotten Nichole.
Nichole doubted she still held a place in his heart.
Will this be the start of a second chance at lost love? Or will they remain floating adrift, forever in search of…
Solid Ground?
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Solid Ground is a sweet story of second chances and the courage to protect those you love. This book is the third in Megan Green’s Wounded Love series and features Joey, a steady secondary character in the previous books. I was so excited when I realized that this was his story! Joey is a brilliant male lead and seeing him get his happily ever after was just what I wanted.
Second chance romances are some of my favorites and we jump right into Joey and Nichole’s story 12 years after it all fell apart. I loved how this story was communicated. We see what is happening in the present and Green expands their story by sharing past moments that enhance what we is going on. I loved watching them meet as kids and how they went from best friends to something deeper. Each flashback is vital to the story and gives us deeper roots in what is happening. The book jumps from Joey’s POV to Nichole’s, allowing us to get a bigger picture of what is developing. While parts of the story might seem predictable, you cannot help but enjoy the story as you read.
I loved watching Nichole and Cade in this book, seeing the two of them transform from fearful to full of hope. Joey is key to this transformation and seeing it unfold is sweet and heartfelt. The theme of abuse is hard to read but Green does a fantastic job of sharing the realities while showing everyone that there is something that can be done. There are people who love them both in the midst of the suffering and those that are there to help lead them out. It is intense but so bittersweet to read.
Megan Green has added another solid story to the Wounded Love series, one that you will not want to miss. I fell in love with Joey and Nichole’s messy love story! Don’t miss this second chance story.
You know how, in movies, when people wake up in the hospital, they never seem to know where they are? The camera fades in, and everything is sort of fuzzy as the person lying in the bed takes in their surroundings. The bright lights. The sterile smells. The way they never quite seem to be alone, regardless of whether someone is actually in the room with them. You’re supposed to feel sympathy for this character. Feel bad that they’ve gone through something so traumatic and out of the ordinary that it takes several minutes for their brain to catch up.
You know what I feel for those people?
Jealousy.
I know exactly where I am when my eyes finally crack open. I don’t get those few minutes of blissful unawareness before I remember what happened that landed me here.
I remember everything.
You see, this isn’t the first time I’ve woken up alone in a hospital bed.
And it won’t be the last time either unless you wake your ass up and do something about it, a little voice niggles at the back of my mind.
That’s also something I’ve experienced before. That voice of reason always hangs out somewhere in my head.
Too bad I never listen to her.
I brace my hands on each side of my legs in an attempt to push myself up into a sitting position. The second I put pressure on my left hand, a blinding pain shoots up my arm and into my shoulder. Glancing down, I find my hand and forearm are encased in a cast.
Great. Another broken bone.
I blow out a breath and collapse back into the pillow. As if summoned by my aggravation, a familiar face steps through the doorway.
“Ah, you’re awake,” Amber greets me as she walks into my room, her Disney print scrubs enough to make me smile.
She doesn’t flinch at my appearance. She’s used to it.
Amber and I are old friends—in the sense that she’s been the nurse to patch me up after each of my “clumsy episodes.”
She also knows that excuse is bullshit. Hell, I’m sure everyone in town can see through my lies. But, when the culprit is one of the most influential men in town, people tend to look the other way.
Including me.
Megan lives in Northern Utah with her handsome hubby, Adam. When not writing, chances are you’ll find her curled up with her Kindle. Besides reading and writing, she loves movies, animals, chocolate, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. She loves hearing from readers, so drop her a line!