Care for This Love by Hope Snyder: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

Of course he would be handsome, caring, smart...and in the Navy.

Christiana “Tia” Lopez is done with men, done with DC, and done pretending she’s happy with her life. After catching her boyfriend in an awful lie, Tia bids farewell to the East Coast and retreats to her great aunt’s house in sunny San Diego. She has a new plan now: get a simple job, join a recreational soccer team, and pick up her paintbrush again. Dating, crushes, relationships—nowhere on her radar. She never believed in true love anyways and she’s ready to live life on her own terms for a change.

Until she meets Cole Slaeden, a Navy corpsman with a caring heart and a passion for his job. Once he enters the picture—literally—Tia is forced to reconsider everything she’s believed about love and courage.

Will a Navy romance finally lead to her happily ever after?

Care for this Love is a closed-door military romance told from Tia's point of view WITHOUT the heavier themes of war, combat deployments, and related trauma. It has a small-town feel and fiery kisses, but no spice.

The Author

Hope Snyder writes love stories full of courage and kissing. She’s a Navy wife, a mother of three, an avid reader, and a proud California girl. She has a Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education and has lived in South Korea, England, California, Virginia, and the Pacific Northwest, thanks to the Navy. Her favorite Jane Austen book is (of course) Persuasion, the one with the most naval references.

Book Review

If there is one thing that my experience as a military wife has taught me, it's that the most surefire way to find yourself falling in love with a servicemember is to say that you don't want to fall in love with a servicemember. While my military love story and Tia's were very different, I could definitely relate to her character on that, which definitely helped draw me into this sweet story. Right from their first chance meeting, I absolutely adored the easy chemistry between Cole and Tia. Cole was a bit of a hopeless romantic and so supportive of her and her art, making it difficult not to fall in love with him. While I know little about art, I thought that aspect of their story and seeing her grow in confidence in both her art and her strength throughout the story. While some military romances really just feature a main character who is/was in the military but doesn't really go too much into what that life looks like, this one really does give a good glimpse into that-- both the good and the bad (but without getting into the heaviest aspects which I appreciated). For those unfamiliar, the author also does a great job of allowing the reader to learn along with Tia on some of the military terminology and such. This was such a sweet and emotional romance and a great way to start this series. I loved the side characters we were introduced to in this story and cannot wait to see what happens next. 

Care for This Love is a closed-door romance with kisses only. It does have a small amount of minor language. 


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