Melissa: A Hathaway House Heartwarming Romance

Dale Mayer

Mar 2021 · Hathaway House (eBook Series) Book 13 · Valley Publishing Ltd.

About this ebook

Welcome to Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second chance at life and love.

Health-care worker Shane has been at Hathaway House since the beginning. He’s watched patient after patient scratch and claw their way to recovery and has watched relationship after relationship blossom into love and marriage. He believes in love. Wants a true love of his own. Yet he wonders now whether anyone is out there for him.

Until Melissa walks into his gym.

Broken and beaten by life and overwhelmed with endless pain was never part of Melissa’s long-term plan. But a year after an accident sidelined her navy career, she’s still fighting her way back to a normal life—if such a thing exists for the woman she’s become. Her transfer to Hathaway House is a lifeline to her oldest friend, but, even with Dani’s encouragement, Melissa’s journey back to health is long and hard and maybe just a pipe dream. But she’ll try again. One more time.

Separately, Shane and Melissa have been battling their own personal demons. When they meet at Hathaway House, the tough physiotherapist vows that his newest client will reach successes unimaginable to her. Together, working through her rehab plan, Shane and Melissa find a special tenderness behind each other’s strength.

heartwarming; wholesome; broken hero; clean and sweet; animals; military; Healing; Small town; small town romance; Heroes for Hire; Romance; sanctuary; Recovery; Healing SEAL's; Dogs; Horses; Heartwarming sweet romance

Ratings and reviews

Yes! We got Shanes story and a female wounded warrior, Melissa. Melissa had just left the Navy, one day out when T-boned. Welcome home, not so much. Melissa is not only hurt and in severe pain physically but she she also wounded emotionally from losing her parents at a young age. Wow, a lot to deal with. Shane our strong, caring physiotherapist who has been there for everyone is this series finally gets some love for him. A sweet romance that shows us no matter the hand we are dealt, if we let down the walls and keep striving, we can succeed. Success is different for everyone, reach for yours. Thank you for the arc. I freely volunteer my thoughts and opinions.

I loved how not only is this Shane's story but also that Melissa is a friend from Dani's past so we got to know a bit more about Dani. Melissa has felt like an outsider and lonely for so long and her accident seems to have been the final blow, thankfully Dani reaches out and Melissa decides to finally lean on her only real friend which little does she know will be the best decision of her life. Shane and Melissa but are unsure about how they feel for each other Melissa not use to someone caring about her and Shane unsure if it is real feelings or just gratefulness for helping her get better. There are plenty of emotions to go through as they both work through their feelings as well as their budding relationship as well as Melissa finally learning and dealing with why she has also kept herself at arms length from everyone including Dani and her Dad. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Hathaway House Heartwarming Romance -- each book in the series is a standalone but beloved characters are found within the pages. Wounded warriors find their way to Hathaway House, a place where the focus is on healing and finding the new normal. Warm, funny, heart felt, romance in the best classical sense. The series is for all ages in the best way. Melissa is one of the wounded warriors and we are treated to her journey. The characters are rich in detail, the therapies made me think deeper to real life, and the animals - delightful. Bravo!!! I love this series! I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.