Publisher's Synopsis
Note: Original published by Signature Spotlight for the general market. In 2014, the author rewrote this book and created this Clean Read Edition. While flying a routine border patrol mission over Iraq, Air Force Captain Katie Slater's plane is downed and hurtled deep into enemy territory. Everyone thinks she's dead.? But Katie awakens to injury and captivity. She remains a hopeless P.O.W. for six long years. Finally, aided by a compassionate guard, she is rescued and returns home. Finally, she is free! But the perfect life she had left behind with her husband, Sam, and her children, Molly and Jake, has vanished. Sam has remarried. Her children, who barely remember her, have another mother they love. And Katie's former copilot, C.D. Quade, her rock and confidant, is tormented by the guilt of having left her behind. Nothing is the same. Katie has lost everything. She must come to terms with the loss, with her imperfect past, and her uncertain future. During her years of captivity, she shuttered to survive. Now, what of her memories is real and what is tricks of the mind? Uncertain, she's determined to confront the truth. To put the military behind her, and take a chance on a dream of opening her own garden center. She finds peace in the garden. Yet many obstacles remain and even she is unconvinced she has the strength to start a new life. Can she begin again? Rebuild her perfect life? Endorsements "Katie Slater's whole life is a war story, literally and figuratively, and her only weapons have been ripped from her soul. To fight her way to freedom, she dons an emotional armor that only love can pierce." -Joyce Holland, Northwest Florida Daily News "Her Perfect Life is the perfect read. From the very first sentence, I was hooked by this engaging and heartfelt story of a woman's journey through danger, adventure and romance." -Susan Wiggs, NYT bestselling author Awards *Reviewers' Choice Award, Single Title Novel of the Year *RITA(R) Award Finalist *RT Best Novel of the Year with a Romantic Element? *RT Career Achievement Award Nomination for Series Romantic Adventure? *?Harlequin Readers' Choice Award Finalist, Best Book of the Year? *Holt Medallion Award Finalist, Best Mainstream Novel of the Year
