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Title: A Man to Hold on To

Subtitle: Tallgrass, Book 2

Author: Marilyn Pappano

Narrator: Loretta Rawlins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-14

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A Tallgrass Novel

A Man to Hold on To

Therese Matheson doesn't know if she'll ever get over losing her husband in Afghanistan. Surviving Paul's death has been hard, but raising his sullen son and his 13-going-on-30 daughter alone has been even harder. All they need is a fresh start, and Tallgrass, Oklahoma, could be the perfect new beginning...especially when Therese meets Sergeant Keegan Logan. The sexy combat medic and single dad soon awakens a desire she'd thought long buried.

Keegan always wanted to be a father...someday. So when his ex-girlfriend disappears, leaving her daughter in his care, Keegan's hands are tied. He has to find the girl's father. His search leads him to Tallgrass and to a beautiful brunette widow who has no idea her husband was ever unfaithful. What begins as a friendship soon ignites into something far more and gives him the courage to be the kind of man-and father-he always dreamt he could be. But his secret still stands between them. Can Keegan reveal the truth and convince Therese they share something too special to lose-a love that can bring two families together?

Members Reviews:

Waste of a great plot

I am usually a sucker for this book's storyline (others have laid it out so I won't) and there were so many interesting obstacles to overcome for both H and h, and yet I barely made it through A Man to Hold on To. There was absolutely no tension between H/h, no emotions that grab the reader and we never really "feel" their feelings for each other -- we're just told about them. As a result it was hard to be invested in their HEA. Things were so drawn out and there was so much inner conversation that I found myself either dozing off or starting to skim. And finally, readers should be told that this book should probably be categorized as an inspirational novel, rather than a romance novel (or perhaps both?) -- it wasn't a problem for me but I can see that some people might want to know that up front.

It may just be me, but I find myself getting fed up with "series" and mainly getting tired of being fed the "setup" for the next book: a third of this book is a set up for the next one in the series. That was a constant irritant. Please make this trend stop!

As a fan of Marilyn Pappano's and of many of her previous books, I hope this was just a blip. I will read other books by this author but not the next one in this series -- it was too irritating to have spent so much time on this book reading about the next one. I am getting off this train now.

Another great read

I really enjoy Marilyn Pappano's books, her Tallgrass novels display the depth and compassion of the human spirit. In this loosely bound series Army widows find friendship and companionship as they deal with the tragedy and reality of their men going to war and never returning. Pappano has a real gift for delving into her character's psyche and finding their inner strengths, their frailties and their vulnerabilities. When army Army widow Therese already struggling raising her late husband's son and teenage daughter, finds Keegan Logan on her doorstep with his adorable toddler daughter her life takes a turn she never expected and she is unsure if she has the strength to cope with the change he will bring into her life.