Book Review Claiming Grace (Ace Security #1) By Susan Stoke

Title: Claiming Grace

Author: Susan Stoke 

Stars: 3 1/2 Stars out of 5

Review:

3 1\2 stars out of 5
I struggled reading this story. I have read other books by Susan Stokers and found that I have to work to get into her stories.  I am not sure if it is her writing style or voice but I do struggle.

The author took on a challenging story line of silent abuse.  With that story lines comes challenges of how to make the heroin voice heard know she was emotional abused.  Both leads were "broken characters" one was physical abused while the other one was controlled and emotionally abused which brought them together.

With all of these type of books the male lead in this case Logan seems to turn a switch and everything changes. He sees what is happening to Grace and works hard to free her.  After 28 years of being abused she isn't going to be able to turn a switch either and move on.  I'm not saying the story had to be based in reality but give some credit to the fact it takes years to move past that kind of crap.

I found this book hard to read for many personal reason.  My opinion is just that someone isn't able to move forwards as quickly as Grace did when they have been in a abusive relationship for their entire life.
Advance Copy from Netgalley

No I do not plan to continue reading this series.

Synopsis: 

For Logan Anderson, moving on from a traumatic past means moving back to his hometown of Castle Rock, Colorado, to start a personal-security business with his brothers. But it’s not long before Logan runs into Grace Mason, his best friend from high school…and the woman who never answered his letters during his Army years.

Grace was pleasantly surprised to see Logan return to Castle Rock, despite their falling-out ten years ago. Everyone always assumed they would end up together, including Grace, who had eyes only for him. But as Logan eventually escaped their town, Grace got pulled further into her family’s controlling grasp—and farther away from the man she loved.

Now, united by scars both visible and not, the two must fight to free Grace from the suffocating hold of her family. But the Masons won’t let go easily—and they’ll do whatever it takes to keep the couple apart.

Kindle Edition, 286 pages

Expected publication: March 14th 2017 by Montlake Romance

About The Author:



New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas where she lives, but this all American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She's married to a retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.

She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating stories readers can get lost in. 




Website: http://stokeraces.com