The Seduction of Elliot McBride / Jennifer Ashley / 309 pgs. / Scottish/Irish Fiction Challenge

btw: I chose this book because

he looked like he has a great

personality.

Juliana St. John is jilted at the alter, so instead of facing embarrassment she quickly asks her longtime friend Elliot McBride to marry her.  Having been in love with Juliana his entire life, Elliot acquiesces. 
Elliot, however has just returned from fighting with the British army in India and has severe post traumatic stress syndrome.  Juliana spends much of her time at first trying to "fix" Elliot through her "love", but ultimately learns that she can't change him back to the way he was before the war, only understand and care for the person he is now. 

A good message, and an important topic; its just the book was so over the top cheesy it made it almost comical.  Granted I do not know how PTSD works, but it seemed a bit much when one "trigger" word would send the hero back to the memories of the cave where he was held and tortured.  Even if that is how PTSD works and a person can just flip out and start attacking people, other elements in the story were overdramatic.  My favorite being at the climax of the story Elliot has run off into the woods and the heroine Juliana is running through the rain searching for him to let him know how much she Luvvvvesss him, and how that will make everything better. 

Yeah, I probably missed the point of this book.  If you have an hour ask me what I really thought of this book.  ;)