Honor MacKenzie is just rebuilding her life when she meets Matt Phillips. Oh, she knows about him, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. But at their first meeting, she takes an instant dislike for him just because he is associated with the news media. Another journalist almost destroyed her dream of becoming a firefighter to honor her fiancee who died in 9-11 attacks. She now trains Search and Rescue dogs and also teaches SAR classes.

Matt is also rebuilding his life, with his twin ten year old boys, who were born the day his wife died giving birth. It isn't easy juggling a career and being the only parent. He doesn't have time for a social life. But Matt is attracted to Honor, and he doesn't understand it. It's been so long since he thought about another woman the way he thought about his wife.

When Matt invites Honor over for an evening of pizza and movies with the boys, she learns from them that she is the first woman Matt has ever brought into their home. This scares Honor, as she is not sure where this relationship might go or if she wants a relationship at all. But Honor finds Matt to be a very caring person and she loves his boys. When more frequent get-togethers occur, Honor begins to think that it might not be good for the boys to find out about her past. She hasn't shared it with Matt, but it would be easy enough for him to find out what happened.

Honor decides to put distance between them when she unexpectedly takes another job and moves from Baltimore to New York. Matt's heart is broken and the boys are very disappointed. They all miss her so. Matt gives her time and space to sort out her feelings. Will Honor return? Will there be a happy ending to their story?

HONOR REDEEMED is the second book in Loree Lough's First Responders Series. It is a powerful story that explores some of the gray areas of life, when decisions are not always easy and the ones you make may have to be for the good of others, not necessarily for yourself. Get a few tissues ready before you begin reading.

Book Summary

"Honor Mackenzie works hard guarding the dark secrets of her past as she does training Search and Rescue (SAR) dogs. As for reporter Matt Phillips, not even his former SAR work is as important as protecting his twins.

Then a jumbo jet crash puts them face-to-face at the grisly scene--and forces Matt and Honor to reconsidertheir long-standing ""single forever"" status. Yet Matt has issues with Honor’s past, and is still struggling with them when he's told Honor has disappeared during a rescue effort.

Matt leads the search team, desparate to find Honor before a blizzard moves in. But even if he does, will they find their way back to each other or go back to living life alone? "

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