Adult Review - Love Like No Other - Contemporary Romance

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About the Book

Book: Love Like No Other

Author: Tabitha Bouldin

Genre: Christian Contemporary Suspense

Release Date: June 27, 2023

Trying to overcome a past like hers might just help him overcome his.

Alicia Gray wants one thing: to prove her capabilities as a doctor. Maybe then she can escape the feeling that her mother’s abandonment was deserved. She’s never felt worthy and grew up in foster home after foster home, always being told that if she did better, if she was more amenable, she’d find her place. When she came to Suamalie, the last thing she expected to find was a man whose grumpy personality conflicted so piercingly with her sunshine demeanor.

Colin Tremblay was dishonorably discharged from his army medic position and sent home in disgrace after his twin brother stole from his clinic. Back on the islands, he’s bounced from job to job, never finding anything that satisfies him. To make matters worse, his twin niece and nephew convince him to spend his summer overseeing their camp activities while working alongside Little Miss Sunshine herself.

This grumpy versus sunshine romance is sure to send them both scrambling when Colin confronts Alicia’s need to please while she reminds Colin that not every bad day is a reason to run for the hills.

Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.

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My Adult Review

Bouldin, Tabitha. Love Like No Other. 2023

Suamalie Islands series

Love Like No Other is the fifth book in the Suamalie Islands series. Tabitha Bouldin introduces us to all new characters in the series – I don’t think there is any character overlap with other books in the series.

Alicia is a doctor. Colin is a medic. You’d think their medical backgrounds would pull them together. Both Alicia and Colin both have trauma in their past. Alicia is a product of the foster child system. Colin’s twin brother stole from Colin’s clinic, leading him to lose his job. That same brother later died (along with his wife) leaving twin orphans.

One of them turned to God; the other turned away. The conflict in the story comes from this juxtaposition. Colin’s twin niece and nephew add some very loving and touching moments to the story.

When I finished the book, I was left hoping for more. I sure hope these characters show up in a future book – I’d love to learn more about them.

While Love Like No Other is an adult contemporary romance, there is nothing in the book to keep it from being placed in a K-12 Christian school library. High schoolers would probably enjoy it.I received a complimentary copy of Love Like No Other. This is my honest review.

About the Author – Tabitha Bouldin

Tabitha Bouldin has a bachelor’s degree in creative writing/English from Southern New Hampshire University. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and started writing in 2015. When she’s not homeschooling her two boys, you’ll find her curled up with a book.

More from Tabitha Bouldin

When it came time to write my Suamalie Island book, I knew it was time for me to head back to the place I love best. It was time to bring back the cowboys. Colin might not be a cowboy in his own mind, after all, he left the ranch and worked for years as an Army medic and wants nothing more than to help people as a way to make up for not being able to save his brother when he needed it most. Alicia, the island’s resident mobile doctor, feels the same way. You would think that these two would manage to get along since they both want the same thing. Not so. They disagreed on almost everything. From a personality perspective, they couldn’t be more different. Alicia is sunshine and rainbows to Colin’s storm clouds. The one thing they can agree on is helping others, and when things get tough, Colin is the one person who Alicia finds she can trust to follow through and not back down from the hard aspects like throws their way. And threaded through it all is Colin’s cowboy past and the heart that carried him across the battlefield and back to the islands he’s always called home.