A Soldier's Heart Book Review

 I got a bunch of books on reserve when I heard that the library was going to open again and this was one of those books.  However, tons of books came in at once so these were at the bottom of the stack.  A Soldier's Heart (The Flanagans, Book 7) (Larger Print Love Inspired #396) by Marta Perry was the next book that I read because it was it was at the end of the renewals and I was going to have to return it.  I was looking forward to finding out which Flanagan child this book followed because I have enjoyed the others that I have gotten the chance to read.

 

 

Wounded army officer Luke Marino was sent home, his career, his spirit shattered. Now he wanted only to be left alone, refusing even the physical therapy he needed.

But Mary Kate Flanagan Donnelly, a widow with two children to raise on her own, needed Luke's case to prove herself as a capable therapist. Despite the revival of feelings she thought dormant since their high school romance, she was determined to help the stubborn hero and keep matters strictly business….

 Mary Kate Flanagan Donnelly is living in the same small town she grew up in and she has had to go back to work after loosing her husband.  She is raising two children on her own.  She has taken a job as a physical therapist but she has to prove herself in order to keep the job.  She gets assigned to the difficult patient that no one else has been able to reach.  Luke Marino has come home from the military and he was injured.  Luke was in a deep depression and didn't want to see anyone or leave the house.  Mary Kate doesn't give him a choice when she goes around to the back door and goes into the house.  Luke is surprised that she came in when everyone else has stayed away per his wishes.  Mary Kate knows that her job and supporting her family depends on this so she isn't taking no for an answer.  She convinces Luke to do in home physical therapy but his main hold out is that it can only be her.  Mary Kate goes back to her boss and he agrees to the solution.  Luke's dad is paying for all the equipment that is needed in his house but this is a secret because Luke and his father are estranged.  It is an interesting story line and you have to pick up the book to find out what happens.  I think that you will enjoy it as much as I did.  It was a super emotional story about a soldier trying to find his way back to living and it was very real.  I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did and check out other books in the series to enjoy as well.