From Alaska with Love

I could not put down Sara and Gabe’s story in From Alaska with Love by Ally James, This is a sweet, humorous, and heartwarming story, featuring two lonely people. Sara Ryan lives with her brother and his wife, as she takes care of her niece, and also helps her widowed mother. Although she is beautiful, Sara has little to no confidence and because she has no life, seldom socializes, does not believe she will ever marry. Other than her niece, Sara is taken advantage of her by her family, as they all expect her to do their bidding. While listening to the radio Sara hears that they are collecting cards and letter to pass on to troops overseas; and Sara sends a sweet funny card to whoever receives it. Major Gabe Randall received Sara’s card and while enjoying her sense of humor decides to respond; and thus a pen pal relationship begins. What follows is a warm-hearted sweet story, with both Gabe and Sara welcoming the friendship their correspondence has given them; especially with Sara’s funny posts, which were a bright light for Gabe during this hard tour in Iraq. With each new communication, email or Facetime, both begin to have feelings for each other; so they decide they need to meet. Making a surprise visit to Sara’s home turns into a disaster thanks to comments made by her brother. Determined to repair their relationship, Sara flies to Alaska and spends time as intended with Gabe. Not knowing what changed her mind, Gabe eventually realizes that he never wants Sara to leave. In a short time, Sara begins to love Alaska and Gabe’s army friends. As their relationship and love falls into place, Gabe realizes he has to find a way for Sara’s family to forgive her for “deserting” them and work out a plan for Sara to still visit with them. Sara and Gabe were perfect together, finding a magnetism that keeps them together with off the chart chemistry and explosive electricity. Ms. James wrote a sweet, humorous, and heartwarming story that is not to be missed. I loved many of the secondary characters that James created, especially Chloe, Jason, and especially Trouble the dog, who I absolutely adored. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and will definitely not be the last. I highly recommend The From Alaska with Love to other readers. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

This is a fabulous read! I fell for hard for the dynamic of the characters, the story is alive with family, drama, angst, and romance. It touches on the problems of being in the military and deployment, all coming together at the end for the HEA. Make sure to put this at the very top of your TBR list.