DESCRIPTION, NOT REVIEW: Can you love someone and still be free?

Emma Wyatt agrees to tutor a recently blinded, embittered soldier because of the $50,000 paycheck his brother offers. The job is an answer to many prayers. Blind herself, Emma dreams of independence and freedom away from her overprotective family. Tutoring Ian in all things “blind” isn’t easy, especially when the biggest challenge is helping him walk by faith.

Protect someone you cannot see?

Good soldiers show no weakness. Ian MacGregor holds his battle with claustrophobia close to his chest, unsuccessfully trying to cope on his own, too angry with God to seek comfort. Ian knows duty, honor, serving his country. So why is he being punished with this very personalized hell?

As Ian struggles to strong-arm his phobia and let go of his anger, his growing feelings for Emma are overshadowed by the danger lurking around them. Emma would be better off with someone else. Someone sighted.

Someone able to protect her from the person determined to keep them apart... ( )

Fast paced with multiple storylines. The main storyline is "the blind helping the blind"--Emma, blind since her teen years, is called upon to help a former soldier who was unexpectedly blinded after surgery. There are subplots about dogs and how they help various people in the story and about someone harassing and stalking Emma. I guessed that one of the main characters would regain sight, but I guessed the wrong one. (I still think that the other character will regain sight in a later book of the series, but we will see.) I also figured out who the stalker was before it was revealed, but not too much before (which is my norm). I would definitely read more books in this series. ( )