Brother America
I've wanted to read romance for a while, but I've shyed away from a genre I expected to be dominated by the same things you'd find on the Hallmark channel or Oxygen. This was nothing like it! A wonderful but all-too-short story exploring the worries and feelings of two people who finally get to have one another. Nate's initial brooding bothered me only because he had the very thing I wish for so desperately. Sarah's repetitive concerns were somewhat annoying, until I realized how frequently I, myself, fall back onto my own repeated worries. On top of it all, Nate got to be the man; as Sarah opened them up emotionally, he got to open them up physically, he got to be on top (not just figuratively), he even got to save and comfort her! It's everything I hoped for, but was afraid wouldn't exist in a dedicated romance.