She knew. That’s why Mom hadn’t opened the door. She knew he was dead.
Twenty years as an army brat and Ember Howard knew, too. The soldiers at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn’t know was how she would find the strength to singlehandedly care for her crumbling family when her mom falls apart.
Then Josh Walker enters her life. Hockey star, her new next-door neighbor, and not to mention the most delicious hands that insist on saving her over and over again. He has a way of erasing the pain with a single look, a single touch. As much as she wants to turn off her feelings and endure the heartache on her own, she can’t deny their intense attraction.
Until Josh’s secret shatters their world. And Ember must decide if he’s worth the risk that comes with loving a man who could strip her bare.
The beginning of Full measures started out devastating, and it just kept getting worse for Ember. The poor girl couldn't catch a break. I really felt for her.
The book focuses on losing loved ones. Ember just happened to have lost two people she loved in different ways. She lost her father, (who was the glue keeping the family together) then her long term boyfriend to her bestfriend. We all lose loved ones, but the way Ember loses her dad is completely heart breaking. The author captures the emotion of having a loved one fighting for his country, and the effects of a member been in the army. It was hard for the family not having him.
When their dad died Ember became that glue for the family. Getting the kids to school, putting her dreams off, moving back home, and just emotionally looking after everything. Her mom seriously needed to wake up at times. No child should have to hold off their grieving.
As for Ember and Josh's relationship, I found them brilliant as a couple. He was sweet, touching, and caring towards her. I wanted to smack her at times when she rejected his help, when she clearly needed him.
The story dragged a lot at times and I found myself putting it down A LOT. I only rated it 3* because of the way the author captures the emotion of loss.
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