From Alaska With Love by Ally James – Review & Giveaway

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From Alaska With Love by Ally James – Review & Giveaway

 

 

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A soldier has six weeks to convince the only woman he has ever longed for to take a chance on life with him in Alaska….

Sara’s letters were the only bright spot during Gabe’s devastating tour in Iraq. With each new correspondence he fell harder, needed her more, wanted to be with her. Now, after initially rejecting his offer to meet, she’s shown up at the door of his isolated cabin in Alaska looking for…what? Gabe’s not sure what made Sara change her mind, but he knows he never wants to let her go.

Major Gabe Randall is everything Sara Ryan wants but nothing she feels she deserves. A modern-day spinster, Sara hides behind family obligations and the safe, quiet life she’s resigned herself to living. But secretly, even though she may have stretched the truth about who she is in her letters to him, she wants Gabe. Will he still want her when he discovers the real woman behind the pen?

Once they meet, Gabe asks her for six weeks in Alaska. Six weeks to spend getting to know each other, and then she’ll have to decide whether they are better together or apart.

 

 

Review:

From Alaska With Love by Ally James is a sweet and different kind of romance.  We meet our heroine, Sara Ryan, as she attends a family function and is embarrassed by her aunt, who tells everyone she is a spinster.  Sara lives with her brother and his wife, as she takes care of her niece; and though she is beautiful, Sara has no confidence and does not believe she will ever marry.  Her family, other than her niece, takes advantage of her, and expects her to do their bidding.  During a local event, everyone is collecting Christmas cards to pass on to troops overseas; and Sara sends a sweet funny card to whomever receives it.

Major Gabe Randall, our hero, is now in his 7th deployment and when he is given one of the cards coming in, he gets a kick out of Sara’s card, and decides to respond, and a pen pal relationship begins.  What follows is a warm-hearted sweet story, where both Gabe and Sara welcome the friendship their correspondence has given them; especially with Sara’s funny posts, which were a bright light for Gabe during  his hard tour in Iraq.  With each new letter, which they now uses Facetime, they both begin to have feelings for each other; they decide they need to meet.

While in the planning stages for Sara to visit Gabe in Alaska, where he has 6 weeks before being deployed again; Gabe decides to make a surprise visit to North Carolina, which due to her brother’s comments turned into a fiasco, and Gabe leaves.  Sara is determined to fix things with Gabe, and tell him he misunderstood her brother.  She decides to fly to Alaska and spend time there as intended with Gabe, but at first, he was surprised she showed up and was somewhat cold.  In a short time, Sara learns to love Alaska, and Gabe’s army friends.  Slowly their romance heats up, and they succumb to their feelings for each other, as everything falls in place; Gabe knows he has to find a way to somehow bring Sara’s family and their lives to an acceptable arrangement.

I loved many of the characters that James created, especially Chloe, Jason, and especially Trouble the dog, who I absolutely adored.  From Alaska With Love was an enjoyable sweet romance, which was well written by Ally James. 

Reviewed by Barb

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  13. This really sounds like a great book ! Pen pals falling in love….. Military on leave …. Spinster???? She needs someone to make her realize her worth & that she’s worth loving… He needs her period.

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