TITLE: The Line That Binds
AUTHOR: Carolyn LaRoche
GENRE: Romance
PUBLICATION: October 21st, 2019
Synopsis
Eleanor Hart loved the same man almost her entire life. When her husband Gary, a Virginia Beach police officer, is killed in the line of duty, her whole world is torn apart. One minute she's drinking margaritas with her girlfriends, and the next, she's planning a funeral.
Her two best friends, Vivian and Marietta, wrap their love and friendship around her while doing their best to support their husbands who were witnesses to the brutal murder of their friend and colleague. They fight to keep their marriages together amidst depression, guilt, grief, alcoholism, and PTSD. Through the enormity of the loss, they discover the true strength of their friendship. With plenty of hugs, tears, wine, and ice cream, the three friends navigate the complicated aftermath of Gary's death. Together they can handle anything.
Friends by chance.
Sisters by choice.
Strengthened by The Line That Binds
Friends by chance.
Sisters by choice.
Strengthened by The Line That Binds
My Review
THE LINE THAT BINDS:
Is a full length novel by new to me author "Carolyn LaRoche' Spoken in Third Person POV's.
I love you, Eleanor. I have loved you since the second grade. I'm sorry about the frog in your book bag.
Because this new to me author wrung out all those emotional feels this book gets my 5 star rating! Such a profound, raw, emotional journey that more than once put me through the wringer!
I felt all these three wife’s fears as they kissed their service men each day as they walked out the door, hoping they would be returned each night. 'Be safe and come home to me' spoken often..But what happens when one of these hero's doesn't return? Even though each wife (Three besties) has their own fears neither of them expected it to happen to one of their own.
This is exactly what happened to Eleanor. After wrapping up the night she'd shared with her two besties, and laying in bed at 11.45pm her husbands name Gary, flashes on her phone screen letting her know that he's was on his way out responding to a warrant call and just wanted to let her know that he loved her.
As she went to disconnect the call she drops it, as she picks it back up she comes to realise that Gary had also not disconnected his end. She hears the dispatcher announce a 10-13 call stating that shots had been fired and to approach with caution as the suspect is armed and dangerous.
Loud pops come over the line. As she screams Gary's name she hears a voice declare that an Officer is down.
Not so long after as she hears the front door bell ring, she knew in her heart that they were there to inform her about Gary.
Long story short as the story progresses we read about how Gary's death not only impacted his wife and his two teenaged boys he'd left behind but it also had an impact on his two best friends and the community itself.
I've been a cop's wife for over twenty years. All of a sudden, I'm a cop's widow.
Survivor guilt and a routine broken, each laid blame on their shoulders.
This book really resonated deeply with me, it's something I've never thought about, not being married to an Officer I couldn't imagine what that life would be like, especially for the wives left laying in bed with that on going fear that one night their husband may never walk through that door. My heart was literally gutted. This book was just so realistic and raw, the only advice I can offer ones going into this after me, is have those tissues ready because this book packs one hell of a punch!!
You have to know, I'm always afraid for you. Every time you walk out that door, I pray you return to me. I hold my breath for ten hours straight until you walk back in.
I love you, Eleanor. I have loved you since the second grade. I'm sorry about the frog in your book bag.
Because this new to me author wrung out all those emotional feels this book gets my 5 star rating! Such a profound, raw, emotional journey that more than once put me through the wringer!
I felt all these three wife’s fears as they kissed their service men each day as they walked out the door, hoping they would be returned each night. 'Be safe and come home to me' spoken often..But what happens when one of these hero's doesn't return? Even though each wife (Three besties) has their own fears neither of them expected it to happen to one of their own.
This is exactly what happened to Eleanor. After wrapping up the night she'd shared with her two besties, and laying in bed at 11.45pm her husbands name Gary, flashes on her phone screen letting her know that he's was on his way out responding to a warrant call and just wanted to let her know that he loved her.
As she went to disconnect the call she drops it, as she picks it back up she comes to realise that Gary had also not disconnected his end. She hears the dispatcher announce a 10-13 call stating that shots had been fired and to approach with caution as the suspect is armed and dangerous.
Loud pops come over the line. As she screams Gary's name she hears a voice declare that an Officer is down.
Not so long after as she hears the front door bell ring, she knew in her heart that they were there to inform her about Gary.
Long story short as the story progresses we read about how Gary's death not only impacted his wife and his two teenaged boys he'd left behind but it also had an impact on his two best friends and the community itself.
I've been a cop's wife for over twenty years. All of a sudden, I'm a cop's widow.
Survivor guilt and a routine broken, each laid blame on their shoulders.
This book really resonated deeply with me, it's something I've never thought about, not being married to an Officer I couldn't imagine what that life would be like, especially for the wives left laying in bed with that on going fear that one night their husband may never walk through that door. My heart was literally gutted. This book was just so realistic and raw, the only advice I can offer ones going into this after me, is have those tissues ready because this book packs one hell of a punch!!
You have to know, I'm always afraid for you. Every time you walk out that door, I pray you return to me. I hold my breath for ten hours straight until you walk back in.
