“A Choice For Claire” Book Review

March 31, 2015 / 5 comments

A Choice for Claire by A.J. Harmon
Published by Self-Published on February 8th 2015
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Format: ebook
Source: Borrowed
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Claire Larson decided early in life that the key to happiness was money. Experience had taught her that not being rich led to misery. The handsome and rich Brent Cooper enters her life and promises her all she wants, but at what price? Is she willing to live in fear and without self-respect in order to have the mansion and drive the luxury car?
When she meets Zeke Dayton she couldn’t be at a lower point in her life. Zeke is gorgeous and sexy but a mechanic with a struggling auto repair business, definitely not with whom she’d envisioned herself.
Claire has to make the biggest choice of her life between having everything and having it all.

Liezel’s Thoughts:

Item: A Choice for Claire
Rating: 4
Author: liezelsb

In all honesty, I’ve never heard of A.J. Harmon. It was my accident that I found her name while browsing through the list of authors who were attending a book signing event. And while she was never on my radar then she certainly is now. Her emotional book – “A Choice for Claire” definitely caught my attention and now she is one of the authors that I’m most looking forward to meeting.

So a little about the book… The story revolves around Claire who was raised in a low-income household. Experiencing this disadvantage she always thought that money and stature was the precursor to happiness and therefore this became one of her goals. She eventually achieves this through her boyfriend Brent and while everything in their relationship was perfect at first she one day finds herself living one’s worst nightmare.

When the abuse first started she was all too forgiving. She thought that it was a one-time incident but as Brent’s job became more demanding she found those horrific events becoming more and more frequent. Afraid for her life she decides to run and find solace in her good friend Rebekah’s family…

“In you arms and inside you will always be home from now on. Promise me you’ll be my home.”

I felt immediately connected to the heroine, Claire. I think that the major reason I felt this way was because of her likable personality. She was beautiful in and out. She had the patience and the forgiveness of a saint. In the beginning, there were times that I questioned her judgment but in the end, when she regained her courage and self-esteem she showed us that she did have it in her to fight.

Her counterpart Zeke was magnificent. He had no ties to Claire what so ever but that didn’t stop him from caring and protecting her. I admired how he was willing to risk himself to keep her safe. I loved that he was patient and considerate. He waited until she blossomed on her own. He took his time building her back up before even declaring his intentions.

I thought that their pairing was fantastic. Zeke was Claire’s bright light at the end of that dark tunnel. He (and his terrific family) was exactly what Claire needed in her life. Their passion and chemistry was outstanding.

I thought the story flow was perfect. For a book on the shorter side, it was easy to get caught up in this story. I would have to say that it was the great characters that made it so.

“A Choice For Claire” is a beautiful story of hope, love and finding oneself. One that I would certainly recommend to romance readers looking for something on the emotional side.

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About A.J. Harmon

AJ grew up in Perth, Western Australia. She is the third of six children and her first exposure to romance was her parents. Now married for almost 55 years, they have always been her example when working on her own marriage and parenting skills.
Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters and Georgette Heyer, were the writers she grew to love in adolescence and still loves now. Her list of favorite authors now has grown to include, not only historical but also contemporary authors as well. Sadly, she doesn’t have as much time to indulge in novels as much as she would like. Her family and now writing her own novels, keeps her very busy, but you will always find a book on her nightstand.
Other hobbies include cooking, one her favorite television shows is The Next Iron Chef on Food Network, and traveling, the UK and the Caribbean her favorite places to visit.
She and her husband of 28 years, reside on the west coast of the USA and have two grown children, making them empty-nesters, and recently adopted a rescued puppy, Max, from the local humane society.