And he’d never turn up volunteer in the church kitchen. The bad boy who used to love her didn’t have big biceps and sun-kissed hair. It’s hard not to stare at how much he’s changed. But an ex-con in recovery for his drug addiction can’t find a job just anywhere.įor Sophie Haines, coming face to face with the man who broke her heart is gut-wrenching. He’d steer clear of Colebury, Vermont forever if he could. A man is dead, and there’s no way he can ever right that wrong. Jude lost everything one spring day when he crashed his car into an apple tree on the side of the road. When I was nineteen, he broke both my heart and my family. When I was eighteen, I let him take me there. Bowen continues to excel with characters you won’t want to leave behind, or rather, characters that refuse to be forgotten.When I was seventeen, I thought Jude was sent to me from heaven. Bowen’s portrayal in Jude of a recovering addict had me feeling everything…lows, highs, and all that falls between. While reading Steadfast, I couldn’t help but feel heartache, hope, and love. From the moment Jude and Sophie meet again, the chemistry is tangible and undeniable. He’s rebuilding his life and facing the struggles of recovery. Jude is back in Colebury where there is no escaping his past or Sophie, the girl he lost. Steadfast is the book I’ve been wanting to read. When he leaves the Shipley farm, I was anxious in wanting to know what was going to happen next for him. Jude is an ex-con recovering addict that lost the girl. Steadfast by Sarina Bowen is one of my favorite reads of 2016! I adored everything about the second book in Bowen’s True North series…everything! We met Jude in book 1, Bittersweet. She lives in Vermont’s Green Mountains with her family, six chickens and too much ski gear and hockey equipment. Sarina Bowen is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. And forbidden love is a law unto itself.Īmazon *** iTunes *** Barnes & Noble *** GooglePlay No one wants to see Sophie and Jude back together, least of all Sophie’s police chief father. But the looks he sends her now speak volumes. She knows it’s foolish to yearn for the man who returned all the heartsick letters she wrote him in prison. She’s the only one who ever loved him-and the only one he can never have.

Steadfast by sarina bowen