"Come Lie with Me" by Linda Howard

Title: Come Lie With Me
Author: Linda Howard
Published: 1999
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 256

Synopsis: "The accident that robbed Blake Remington of his ability to walk also took away his will to live. Can Dione Kelly, a woman whose soul is as paralyzed as Blake's body, make him care again?"

I LOVE this romance story. Linda Howard does a wounded hero and scarred heroine perfectly. Blake is physically wounded and has given up the will to live. Dione, his physical therapist, is emotionally scarred but is a fighter who never gives up. Together these to fight until they nearly kill each other all the while falling in love and forming an amazing unbreakable bond neither has ever had before.

The sexual tension is great and when they finally get together you nearly weep for them because it's highly emotional. When Blake stands for the first time in two years and he breaks down and cries you have to cry with him. He was such a strong, adventurous man who almost lost everything, but Dione brought him back and won his heart. And Blake not only won Dione's heart, but also her trust- something she's never fully given another human being in her life because of her abused past.

A griping, touching and oh so romantic love story. A great fast read that I highly recommend.

5/5 stars

****Re-Read 2010 Challenge book for February****