Recovery by C.B. Potts

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This tale has an homey taste. Adam is returning home from Iraq after spending the last two years far from home. Probably when he signed in soon after high school, he really didn't understand what he would do and see. And reality was maybe too much for a now nearly twenty-one years old guy. Again at home he has lost all the link he had with his previous life, and the links he has made on army seem to disappear one at home: Tom, the man that has shared a secret love affair with him abroad, is now ready to marry and get pregnant his girlfriend.

Adam is hurt but he also doesn't have an idea of what he wants to do in the future. After some not so happy discussions with his father, he decides to go away for a season, helping an old family friend to renovate an hunting resort. Calvin is a lonely man, older than Adam (he is of Adam's father age) but still handsome. And for a man like Adam, without reasons in his life, helping and loving Calvin can be a nice way to spend the days. What they have to understand is if this will be only a seasonly thing or if Adam has fully recovered from his depression, and he is ready to start again with something completely new.

As I said I like the taste of this novel. It's totally peaceful, in fully contrast with the war that Adam has escaped. Also the love between Calvin and Adam is nice and quiet: it's not a sudden flame, but it's a everlasting fire, something that will always be there for Adam.

The author tell us the story of a man who looses everything and finds more than he lost.

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Comments

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Elisa, for a lovely review! I'm thinking you found this quite a switch from Gadarene -- sometimes we just need happy and calm :)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are right Cynthia, quite a change from Gadarene. I like the feeling of this one. Elisa

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

I loved this one, too, and reviewed it over in my own journal. I'm glad to see it here.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

C.B. has put a lot of sweetness and homesickness in this tale. But there is also hope and a bit of comfort, like a blanket in winter.

Elisa