Blog tour & Review: Hidden Battles by Lindsay Avalon

Blurb :



Sometimes the most difficult battles are the ones we keep hidden…



When Brecken Grady dropped to one knee and proposed to Ariana Dubois, she couldn’t have been happier. They’d known each other since they were children and had loved each other for most of their lives. Not even his impending deployment as an Army Ranger could diminish her happiness. Within a year, however, Ari’s health begins to deteriorate, culminating with a diagnosis of an autoimmune disorder. In order to protect Breck from a potential future of having to care for her, she does the only thing she can think of: she breaks up with him and disappears.



Breck knows there’s more to the break up than the excuse Ari sends him over email. Determined to get answers, he will stop at nothing to track down the love of his life and bring her back where she belongs.

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Author bio:

I am a wife, a programmer, and now an author. I have an adorable mini Schnauzer and more books than I have room for. I love reading romance because no matter what may be happening in my life, I can always count on my books to end happily ever after. The day I met my husband was the day I truly began believing in happily ever after. After hearing me complain a few too many times that I had "nothing" to read despite the hundreds of paperbacks scattered around the house, my husband began suggesting I write my own stories. When I finally took his advice I discovered that although I enjoy my day job as a software engineer, my true calling is to be an author.



My sister drilled into me an appreciation for fantasy and mythology, something I try to bring to my books. My debut novel, "Breaking the Nexus", started as a book written for NaNoWriMo and has grown to so much more. It was the conduit that introduced me to a fantastic group of independent authors who have changed my life in unimaginable ways.



When I'm not writing, I've found a passion for blogging and interviewing fellow authors. I also love reading (of course!), baking, crochet, sewing sock monkeys, playing video games, and all sorts of random crafts. I have an incurable love of rubber duckies and stuffed animals, and I believe nobody should have to grow up if they don't want.

REVIEW

4 stars

 

I received a ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

 

Araina Dubois didn't want to let her boyfriend Brecken Grady go off to war, Knowing it was the best thing for them to get ahead in the world so accepted it and was willing to wait for his return. Two years go by and Ariana hasn't been feeling well. Not wanting to worry Breck she keeps it to herself. Being forced to a Doctor by her best friend Juliana. Ariana is diagnosed with a autoimmune disease. Not wanting to saddle Breck with her illness she runs. Thinking Breck can get on with his life. To Breck she is his life.

   Wonderful book. Deals with first love, true love and the strain a illness can put on a relationship. You get to see both sides of the story and understand where each character is coming from. Ariana dealing with the disease and the depression and anxiety that go along with it. Breck deals with the worry of not knowing what is going on, trying to find Ariana and keeping is head in the game overseas. There are many moments of tears in the book. So keep the tissues handy.