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Love Letters from Beyond: A Journey of Loss, Second Chances, and Best Friend Romance
In Love Letters from Beyond, the devastating pain of loss transforms into a poignant tale of hope, friendship, and unexpected love. This heartfelt story follows a grieving widow as she navigates life after her husband Ross’s death, finding solace in his best friend Peter and the letters Ross left behind. Blending themes of grief, healing, and the transformative power of love, this novel is a beautiful example of how second chances can emerge even in life’s darkest moments.
Barbara –
This heartfelt book will probably pull at your heart strings and make your eyes water some. Rosie is a military wife who lost her husband Russ who is serving in Iraq and is now raising her 6-year-old Matthew alone. I think this book would make a really good movie and can actually picture the characters as I kept turning the pages. Maria has a BEST SELLER book right here and if you enjoy military romance books with a bit of sadness don’t waste any more time and see what happens to Rosie after her husband is gone. Does she and Peter get together or does he stay with his girlfriend Nora his bride to be.
Kimberly –
Love Letters from Beyond by Maria Barnett is a good, and enjoyable best friend’s wife widow single mother military romance read. The story has a good entertaining world building story line. The characters are good, wonderful, and they have good chemistry. This story is an entertaining romance read.
Suze –
hard truths and hope
I liked how this book showed a light on the strain a military career puts on family life: the long absences, the constant fear of loss. My heart broke for Rosie and her son Matthew, but also for Peter since his former relationship made him avoid commitment in order to protect himself. But sometimes if we are lucky tragedies lead to a change for the better in the long haul, at least that is what we all wish for.
Brenda Moser –
This is a well written military romance with strong characters and a heartfelt storyline. The author does a great job developing the story and brings out the emotions as Rosie deals with the loss of her husband and is raising her six year old son. I enjoyed reading her story.
Lillah Cruce –
Love Letters from Beyond is an extremely well written book that I honestly wish I could continue, but unfortunately I got to a certain point that I couldn’t continue. This is definitely a book worth reading especially if you can get through intense emotional stress.
Patti Barker –
Such a good read. Could not put it down.
Rosie was a Doctor and had a son, Matthew with her husband Russ. Russ was getting ready to go on deployment. Rosie knew things were going to change with him gone.
Peter and Russ were brothers in arms. They were on deployment together and knew everything about each other. Russ always talked about his love for Rosie and Matthew.
As they were on deployment and talking about going home, danger hit the base. Russ was injured and Peter was right by his side, never leaving him. That’s what brothers do. Russ made him promise to take care of Rosie and Matthew.
Peter knew what he had to do but it was very hard to do it. He took his time. Russ always would write letters to Rosie and when he didn’t like what he was saying he’d throw it away. Peter kept them and he send them to Rosie a little at a time.
Finally Peter told her about Russ and it was a huge blow. Rosie had a hard time with it and struggled with the news. Peter told her he’d always be there for her. One night while Matthew was with his grandparents she called Peter. She went to the hotel he was staying at and something had shifted in the air. They were there for each other. They felt guilty for having those feelings but after they talked about it, they realized that Russ wanted them to be happy and not sad. He also knew that Peter would love his wife unconventional like he would have. They got together and they will always miss Russ but being together was a good think. They needed each other to lean on.
Becky –
I loved this book. It goes straight to the heart, and I’ll admit it: it made me cry. I don’t usually enjoy these books because they make me sad. Rosie has lost her husband Russ, who had been deployed overseas. Peter was serving in the same unit as Russ. The CO leaves it to Peter to share the sad news of Russ’s passing. My heart broke reading this book; it dealt with a real-world situation, giving a glimpse at the sorrow a family goes through when losing a member in combat. But don’t lose hope; this book also shows life on the other side of sorrow. Peter loves Rosie, and they get their HEA. This book is a complex story due to the subject matter. Wonderful book!
JL Williams –
Rosie and Russ are happily married with a cute little boy, Matthew. Russ in in the Army and when he is deployed he sends Rosie love letters. Peter is in the same unit as Russ and hears how much Russ loves his family. There is an attack and Russ ends up getting injured, Russ asks Peter to look after his family. Peter and Rosie slowly develop a friendship both hurting over the loss of Russ. It was really sweet how Peter looked after Russ’s family and what he did for Rosie to show Russ will always live on. These two are perfect for each other.
Marty –
This is a lovely, heartfelt, heartbreaking, heartwarming story from a new-to-me author, Maria Barnett. I knew I’d love it from the blurb, but the author manages to deliver a poignant, well-written, and emotional tale about love, loss, acceptance, healing, acceptance, and moving on when it seems like you never will. Both main characters experience heartbreak and healing, and it’s just beautifully done.
Marichus Real –
Rosie’s husband, Russ is deployed again, and everything is difficult when he is away.
Peter is Russ’ brother-in-arms.
I liked the first part of the book. However, I didn’t like how Peter introduced himself to Rosie. I think nobody in real life would behave like him.
Anyway, the book is heartbreaking and emotional.