M. L. Rodriguez

"Because nothing makes a man greater than what he's willing to do and sacrifice for the betterment of those he loves . . ."When faced with a life-changing decision, Jake Duval takes the road less traveled. In the face of uncertainty, he stands firm in his beliefs and decides to raise his daughter, Rylee, on his own.Through perseverance, dedication, and holding onto a dream, he struggles to better himself and give Rylee the world.Despite his love for his daughter, Jake is disillusioned and bitter after Rylee's mother abandons them. That is, until the moment he sees her-Faith Castellano-and everything seems to fall into place. He begins to believe in crazy things, such as "love at first sight."As Faith sweeps him off his feet, they live life, make promises to each other, and experience the beautifulness of love and adventure, Jake discovers that nothing is as it seems and sometimes your dreams are the reason those promises you make are broken.***A full-length love story meant for MATURE audience (18+).Warning: this story may make you cry.

A Ka Flor & Men of Phoenix Novel

This I Promise You

Candyce Kirk

3.5 stars

This book is about Jake Duval. You meet Jake when he is still very young and has just become a single dad. His exgirlfriend feels that she is too young to be a mother. He takes on his responsibilities with help from his loving parents to raise his little girl. Rylee is his world and he will do anything to make sure she has everything she wants and needs. To support his daughter he joins the military and tries making a career out of it. This is where he meets Faith. They have an instant connection and he is the love of his life. He never thought he would experience love again and he is not sure if he should open his heart again. 
Faith is a keeper and they get married. They are a happy family and take everything day to day, during his training and deployments. Even though Faith is still young she takes on the care of a family. 

Before I got this book I had read not to expect a happily ever after, but I have to say I didn't expect that ending. The author knew how to get to me though, because this was a book that I shed a few tears with while reading.

This book has a lot of positive things about it. I love the fact that for once it's a single father fighting for his child. It's normally the mother that gets left behind by the father. This story was also told from Jake's POV. I loved this. He was a character to fall in love with and definitely a family man. I also really enjoyed the fact that even though Faith became a military wife she still kept going after her own dreams and succeeded pretty well. The love between Faith and Jake was clear as day. They I'll do anything to keep their family safe and to be happy. Also the brotherhood between Jake, Gunner and their other buddies. How they are always there for each other and love Rylee as their own. 

A few things did bug me though. The instant love between Jake and Faith didn't feel right to me in the beginning. I know some relationships do go like that, but it doesn't always feel realistic to me and it felt a bit forced. The book got a bit out there for me after the visit with the gypsy. I won't get into detail, because of spoilers, but that didn't fit well with me. The role it played after that was too much for me. I believe in spiritual things, but this went a bit too far.

All in all though, I did really enjoy this story. I would definitely pick up another book by this author.

This I Promise You A Ka Flor & Men of Phoenix Novel

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