ISBN: 0373872976
ISBN-13: 9780373872978
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 256pp
Publisher: Steeple Hill Books
Series: Steeple Hill Love Inspired Series, #287
This book was released the same month that my Love Inspired novel, First Mates, was released.
Claire Delany is a successful executive assistant. Her job means everything to her, and she doesn’t want to do anything to ruffle her strict boss’s feathers. However, she harbors a dark secret: she was the victim of abuse, and she’s lost a lot from her pain and suffering.
Pastor Brendan Flanagan is smitten with Claire. As they work together to plan the wedding of Claire’s best friend, Nolie, and Brendan’s cousin, their attraction deepens. However, Brendan has secrets of his own. When he discovers that Claire was an abuse victim, he’s forced to come to terms with his own abusive childhood.
Claire is also forced to think about her past as she and Brendan help an abused pregnant teenager and her overbearing, violent boyfriend.
The author did an awesome job with creating a strong conflict. I enjoyed reading about how Claire and Brendan overcame these conflicts as they finally learned to love one another.
This book is the second in the Flanagan series. I read the first one and it’s just as good. In the first book the hero is injured in while doing his firefighting duties. 
As a result, he has unpredictable seizures. He needs a seizure dog and Nolie, his future love interest, trains dogs for handicapped individuals. I recall Nolie had terrible and negative experiences with religion, which is why she shunned God. This book was also a good read, and I highly recommend this one.