Title: Hail Mary
Series: Hail Raisers #6
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romance Suspense
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Rating: 5 Stars
Told in the first person. Alternating persons.
Rating: 5 Stars
Told in the first person. Alternating persons.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this
book for review from Enticing Journey Book Promotions and the
author. I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive
review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am
posting this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part
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Mary Persephone Hail
Mary—well-wished-for child.
Persephone—destruction.
Hail—well that speaks for itself.
Her name is painful to think about. Mary, his newfound daughter, isn’t a wished-for child. Persephone, though? Yeah, destruction is a fitting description. And Hail? Yeah, that’s just the final f-you.
The moment that her mother drops her off on his doorstep, Dante’s hell becomes complete.
Or so he thinks.
What can make life worse after losing one’s wife and kids, you ask? Here’s what: being given a baby that depends on him for her survival. Finding out that the baby’s mother is dying of brain cancer, and has a husband that he never knew about. A husband that Dante knows in the marrow of his bones is trying to kill her just as surely as the cancer eating her brain.
Dante’s a bad person. He’s done some not so nice things, and now he’s being punished for his misdeeds. Karma is finally catching up to him.
This child that he’s been stuck with is of his flesh and bone. This child is his salvation. This child is the final nail in the coffin of his wife and daughters’ too short lives.
He doesn’t want this child.
But this child will save him whether he wants her to or not.
With the help of a friend—yes, a woman friend—Dante finds his way back to life. But what he finds when he gets back isn’t the same life that he left behind. Turns out, he has to start living a new one. One where he's suddenly having feelings for a friend that helped him get through some tough times, and loving a daughter that won’t let him quit.
Mary—well-wished-for child.
Persephone—destruction.
Hail—well that speaks for itself.
Her name is painful to think about. Mary, his newfound daughter, isn’t a wished-for child. Persephone, though? Yeah, destruction is a fitting description. And Hail? Yeah, that’s just the final f-you.
The moment that her mother drops her off on his doorstep, Dante’s hell becomes complete.
Or so he thinks.
What can make life worse after losing one’s wife and kids, you ask? Here’s what: being given a baby that depends on him for her survival. Finding out that the baby’s mother is dying of brain cancer, and has a husband that he never knew about. A husband that Dante knows in the marrow of his bones is trying to kill her just as surely as the cancer eating her brain.
Dante’s a bad person. He’s done some not so nice things, and now he’s being punished for his misdeeds. Karma is finally catching up to him.
This child that he’s been stuck with is of his flesh and bone. This child is his salvation. This child is the final nail in the coffin of his wife and daughters’ too short lives.
He doesn’t want this child.
But this child will save him whether he wants her to or not.
With the help of a friend—yes, a woman friend—Dante finds his way back to life. But what he finds when he gets back isn’t the same life that he left behind. Turns out, he has to start living a new one. One where he's suddenly having feelings for a friend that helped him get through some tough times, and loving a daughter that won’t let him quit.
“How do I articulate how amazing this story is?” - Cali Gals
“Thanks Lani for a couple so beautifully broken that it makes me want to wrapped them up and never let go.” - One Last Page Book Blog
“Another amazing read from Lani Lynn Vale. Again.” - Books After Fifty…
Marianne Garwood is having to do the hardest thing
imaginable. Dante Hail has regrets and
Cobie Cavanagh has been asked a question that hurts her heart.
I have enjoyed this series immensely and this book was just a
reminder why. It also didn’t hurt that
I’ve been waiting for Dante’s story. Our
author took a serious moment and turned it around so I couldn’t help but let
out a silent chuckle – a male coworker was in the lunchroom with me and I
didn’t want to explain otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to hold it in.
This is a tender story, a sad story and a story of hope. Plus the biggest feeling is love and you’ll
have no trouble seeing that here. The
author even has time to add in action and suspense that just increased my
enjoyment. But she also added in a scene
that made me very angry because of how stupid some people can be. You think things are going to work out and
you sit there reading with a smile on your face but then you realize that the
author is saying in your ear, “I’m not quite done yet so pay attention”. And I did with a smile on my face but a frown
appeared at the end – no hints as to whether this series is going to continue
or not. If it doesn’t I’ll be sad for a
little while but I can certainly go back and read this series again if I want a
Hail family fix.
I’m a married mother of three. My kids are all under 8, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I’ve been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we’ve produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world, Texas.
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