Above And Beyond

Great storyline, great characters, sweet love scenes that don't get gross with graphics- a great read! It will be a keeper for me! Kyla's husband, Richard- a marine who is guarding the embassy- dies during a bombing, the day after the birth of their little boy. Trevor, also a marine, survives the bombing losing his left eye as well as his left side being crushed. He survives the extensive pain, surgeries, and rehab by reading and rereading letters that were in with his belongings returned to him. Sweet love letters written by Kyla to Richard. He decides he wants to meet the women of such love. When he finally gets out of rehab 1 1/2 years later he heads to where Kyla & son are now living with her parents. She's a "knock-out!" Love at first sight for Trevor- so he starts finding ways to meet Kyla and get to know her better, become a part of her life and introduce her to the man he has become. He can't just go up to her and introduce himself to her because he was known as "Smooch"- if that tells you anything. Richard had shared "Smooch's" adventures with Kyla & she detested him. But life has given Trevor a 2nd chance. And he wants to prove that to Kyla before she finds out the truth of who he was.A great love story! Trevor is a doll and Kyla is a sweetie that has to finally give up her husbands ghost to love another. It is easy for us to say "Kyla get real and go after Trevor!" But until Trevor she has been living for her son, convincing herself that there will never be another love for her. It is easy as a reader to say give it up but put yourself in her place. It's a keeper of a book!

I thought this was a wonderful book.The story was a great love story.The main character,Kyla,loved her late husband so deeply that she is not able to turn loose of him after he dies to make room for another love.It causes her more pain in the long run.Kyla is a young mother whoes Marine husband is killed the day after the couple's first child is born. She picks up the pieces of her life and trys to continue caring for herself and her son.Through a chain of events,Kyla meets the best friend of her deceased husband,Trevor. Trevor falls in love with Kyla the first time he sees her and pursues her effections. Trevor does not tell Kyla who he is for fear that she will reject him do to his connection to her late husband. When the truth comes out, it causes a big blowup between Kyla and Trevor. The end of the book is dynamic.

This was one of Sandra Brown's best! The story line was excellent and the characters of Trevor and Kyla became almost real to me. Trevor is the kind of man that every woman dreams about. Trevor has in his possession all of Kyla's letters that she had written to her dead husband. He had been stationed with her husband and had been sent these letters along with his other belongings. While healing from very serious wounds in the hospital, her letters give him the will to live. He would read them over and over until he had them memorized word for word. He falls in love with Kyla through these letters and how he arranges to meet Kyla after he is released from the hospital is one of the best story lines that I have ever read.It is worth adding to your book collection.

One of Sandra Brown's best love stories. I absolutely fell in love with Trevor Rule. He overcame the loss of an eye and the scarring of the left side of his body thanks to the letters that his dead friend Richard's wife sent to him. Richard Stroud was killed in the same bombing where Trevor was nearly killed in. He accidentally comes into possession of Richard's letters sent to him by his wife. He finds comfort in reading them. Her letters help him with his recovery. It takes him over a year to recover from his injuries. He decides to make a new start for himself. Where does he go? Texas. Why Texas? Because that is where he'll find Kyla Stroud, Richard's widow. Kyla, who is still trying to cope with her husband's sudden death, is hard at work running a business and raising their son. When Trevor meets her, he doesn't introduce himself as Richard's friend "Smooch", his old nickname . Through her letters, Trevor knows that Kyla thinks "Smooch" is a jerk. Kyla only knows that Trevor Rule is new to the area and is trying to make a success out of his construction company. She's immediately attacted to him but is afraid to love someone other than Richard. That doesn't keep Trevor from trying to get close. Will he succeed? Read the book and find out. You'll love it almost as much as I did.