![]() Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. ![]() A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. A pro-life protester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.īut Wren is not alone. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage.Īfter rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center-a women’s reproductive health services clinic-its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing – Ballantine for the arc.Title/Author: A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult Upon seeing it, I immediately texted Kaceey and said that it was so pretty I imagined that everyone would want to get married there and that I’d even go so far as to marry myself there too! At that exact moment, I burst out laughing realizing exactly what I said, as did Kaceey. I will admit that the idea of self-coupling didn’t quite appeal to me at the time (something I discussed with Kaceey at length (as a single woman myself)) until I took a little vacation to Coronado Island this past weekend and happened upon the most gorgeous hotel ever. That is if you’re a believer.Īlthough I really enjoyed this novel, I didn’t quite love it as much as Josie Silver’s other novels. Sweet, fun, and utterly magical, these two might just make you fall in Micro-love. She plans to “self-couple.” Unlucky in love and about to turn the big 30, she has decided to take matters into her own hands and make a pledge to herself.Ĭleo however, ends up finding oh so much more after meeting Mack, the American she meets while traveling to Salvation Island, who ends up sharing not just her cabin, but also her bed! In One Night on the Island, anything is possible.Ĭleo is the writer of a British dating column who goes to Salvation Island in search of answers and to marry herself. Is it possible to fall in love just a little? That is the question and Josie Silver (and Kaceey) have the answer. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine. This is my third read by this author, and once again she has blown me away with her unique ability to touch my heart and leave me in tears by the end of the book. ![]() The romance was slow and sweet with the perfect ending that fit the book so well. This book will always hold a….Sliver of my heart♥️ I felt as though I were right there in the pub with the entire village, being warmly welcomed as though I were one of them. The cast of characters who inhabit this remote, mystical place was amazing. The island is magical and certainly somewhere I would love to lose myself in. But before I knew it, I suddenly fell in love with this sweet romance. Is it possible to fall just a little in love….Micro-love❣️ Great! Now with no way off the island for at least a week it’s up to them to figure out how to make it all work under one roof. There she discovers both she and the American, Mack are booked into the only lodging on the entire island. So with the backing of her magazine, she’s off to a remote island…not to find love but to “marry herself”.Īfter a cold and miserable boat ride with a surly American, Cleo finally arrives at the remote Salvation Island. The one love certain to last a lifetime.Īs you may have guessed, she’s been rather unsuccessful in love. Have you ever read a book that gently, quietly wraps itself around your heart? Rare indeed…and this was one of those reads!Ĭleo writes for a popular British magazine detailing her search for her flamingo.
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