{"id":20402,"date":"2018-02-07T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20402"},"modified":"2018-02-04T20:29:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T02:29:05","slug":"wotr18-uglycry-secondchance-romance-contemporaryromance-dont-be-afraid-by-ca-harms-charms0814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20402","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR18 #UglyCry #BlogTour #SecondChance #Romance #ContemporaryRomance #KU &#8211; Don&#8217;t Be Afraid by CA Harms  @Charms0814"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?resize=300%2C204\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?resize=300%2C204 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?resize=768%2C522 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1514910379l\/36641755.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Don't Be Afraid\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png?resize=156%2C54\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever looked at someone and just knew,<br \/>\nknew that they were put in your life for a reason?<br \/>\nThe one person that would be not only your best friend,<br \/>\nbut would be your absolute everything?<br \/>\nThat\u2019s how I felt the first time I saw him.<\/p>\n<p>That one day when a few little words changed our entire lives forever\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be Afraid, he said.<br \/>\nLife can change so quickly.<br \/>\nOne moment you can be smiling and feeling as if you&#8217;re walking on clouds and the next, everything you love, everything you treasure crumbles at your feet.<\/p>\n<p>I told him to fight, I told him I needed him.<br \/>\n<i>We<\/i>\u00a0needed him.<br \/>\nBut there are just some fights that can&#8217;t be won\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He was my angel then, and he\u2019s still my angel now.<br \/>\nIn a way, I believe he\u2019s still looking out for us, giving us a future.<br \/>\nSometimes it\u2019s as if I can still feel his presence,<br \/>\nguiding us and keeping us safe.<\/p>\n<p>So, I won\u2019t be Afraid.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll live. I\u2019ll fight.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s what he would have wanted.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll do it for him\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png?resize=113%2C51\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36641755-don-t-be-afraid?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png?resize=158%2C45\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/C.A-Harms\/e\/B00BM5QT9S\/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1516472493&amp;sr=1-2-ent\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png?resize=230%2C50\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t Be Afraid by CA Harms<\/p>\n<p>I receive this book from the author for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if I will be able to get through this review without stopping to blow my nose or wipe the streams of flowing tears from my eyes.\u00a0 Sweet Baby Jesus I am completely destroyed in the most beautiful of ways.<\/p>\n<p>This book is such a simple idea but CA writes it with such depth of emotion if you don\u2019t cry you must be a heartless person!\u00a0 LOL\u00a0 The story is all about love.\u00a0 Pure and simple love.\u00a0 The love of a man and wife.\u00a0 The love of 2 brothers willing to do for each other and their family.\u00a0 The story is about what happens when one person loses the love of their life or the person they consider to be their brother.\u00a0 How do the remaining two continue on without their missing link plus what happens when feelings begin to develop between the remaining people?<\/p>\n<p>Sawyer has had a sad life and when she meets Pat everything clicks for her.\u00a0 She seems to have a golden life with the man of her dreams.\u00a0 When Cancer tears her happily ever after apart she learns to lean on Gage.\u00a0 Gage and Pat have grown up together and are brothers.\u00a0 When Pat asks Gage to watch out for his family. Gage does it because his feels Sawyer is his family too.<\/p>\n<p>The story has me sobbing through most of the beginning of the book.\u00a0 Chapters 14 and 21 had me a hot mess so be warned!!\u00a0 But as the middle to end of the story is being told we are facing life without our Rock Pat but also looking to Gage for MORE.\u00a0 The end of the book throws a few amazing scenes that made my dried eyes begin to leak full force again.<\/p>\n<p>The emotion and depth of story totally knocked me for a loop.\u00a0 I was stunned at how well CA Captured the emotion of each character in the story.\u00a0 The anger Pat felt.\u00a0 The sadness Sawyer felt, and the guilt Gage felt.\u00a0\u00a0 Such a raw and emotionally gritty story this book is intense so be ready with the tissue.\u00a0 Be ready to have some Tylenol to help with the raging headache you will have from the snot sobbing tears you will be shedding!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png?resize=231%2C55\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C.A. Harms is a lover of HEA stories, mixed with a little heat and drama make it perfect. She needs some excitement, some angst, and moments that make her fan her face are always good too. She&#8217;s an Illinois girl, born and raised. Simple and true, it honestly doesn\u2019t take much to make her happy. She loves the little things; they truly mean the most. She may have a slight addiction to her Keurig\u2014oh my, that thing is a godsend. And so fast too. She is the mother of two children who truly are her very best friends, and their faces never fail to put a smile on her face. She has been married to her husband for eighteen years, and looks forward to many more. Even after all these years he is still able to make her heart skip a beat.<br \/>\nShe is one of those authors that adores her fans and loves to hear from them. After all, it is because of each one of you that she continues to write.<br \/>\nBe sure to follow her to stay up-to-date on all her upcoming releases and news.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever looked at someone and just knew, knew that they were put in your life for a reason? The one person that would be not only your best friend, but would be your absolute everything? That\u2019s how I felt the first time I saw him. 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