Book Review: Now & Forever by Mary Connealy

Wow.

I actually didn't care for the cover,
which might have been part of the reason
I put off reading it.

Now and Forever by Mary Connealy (which happens to be the second book of a series, but she did a good job of giving the necessary background) started quickly and didn't stop! It began with two people stuck together in life-threatening circumstances. They work to figure their way out while falling for each other. But that's not the whole book. I was worried when that story line ended that the interesting part of the book was over. (What? I still have over half of the book yet? WHY???) Instead, the romantic tension managed to continue full-speed ahead, and the end of the book involved a dangerous mystery that reminded me of the fear I felt when I first watched "Wait Until Dark." So basically, this book is adventure, romance, mystery, danger, and suspense from start to finish! Which isn't something one can say about most novels.

My only caution would be that the romance in this book, unlike Mary Connealy's other book I reviewed, is a bit heavy. The tension centers around a wife wanting to wait to consummate the marriage until she knows her husband better.

I received this book free from Bethany House Publishers in exchange for an honest review.

"And he was pretty sure this woman was meant for him. That's just the way the situation struck him.

Of course, he'd never run up against such a situation before, so he might not know what he was doing. He just knew he wanted her like he'd never wanted a woman before. He made an honest attempt to escape and instead was stuck with her in a black hole somewhere.

As if God himself had cast the deciding vote.

It'd be a sin to try to escape again."

--from Mary Connealy's Now and Forever