Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Within These Walls – J. L. Berg

Within these walls, he became my solace, my sanctuary and my strength.

I am not strong. I am just a survivor of circumstance.
Isn’t that what we all do? Survive?

Each of us has our own set of circumstances to muddle through. Mine are just more…complicated.

Born with a severe heart defect, I’ve seen the inside of a hospital room more than my own bedroom.

I was drowning, a prisoner to the illness that owned me, until he appeared. He thinks he’s blocked out the world with his tattoos and hard exterior, but I see the real Jude, the one he so desperately wants to forget.

But is he the answer to my prayers or will he break my already damaged heart forever?

My name is Lailah Buchanan, and this is our story of hope, redemption and sacrificing it all for the one you love

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Release Date: August 18th 2014
Publisher: Self Published
Source: InkSlinger PR
Reviewer: Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

J. L. Berg continues to astound me with each book of hers I read.  She often times takes an already somewhat emotional subject matter and creates this romance that helps the characters overcome everything.

Lailah is such a beautiful character.  For someone who’d been dealt a pretty crappy hand, she always seemed to find the bright side in situations.  She makes a list of ‘normal’ things she wants to to experience, both good and bad.  And if she doesn’t get to do most of them, at least she had what she wanted down.  It was hard not to love Lailah or to pull for her to get everything she wants.  But when she meets Jude, he awakens things in Lailah she wasn’t aware of, including finding a way to make the beautiful nurse’s assistant happy.

Jude thought he whole world was shattered when his fiancee Megan was killed in a car accident.  He left his life and stayed in the last place he was with her simply existing.  But when he sees Lailah, she becomes the light to his darkness.  He knows, because of her stay in the Cardiology ward, that she’s very sick, but he’s determined to make Lailah his and to find a way to give her everything that could possibly make her happy.

The love story between Jude and Lailah was very sweet and also pretty damn hot.  Jude was such the gentleman with Lailah, but he also made her feel like a woman should.  He may have fussed over her, but he always made sure she knew that he’d want her…whether she was sick or not.

If you’ve never picked up a J. L. Berg book, this is definitely one that you should put on your TBR.  The characters and the heartbreaking storyline absolutely pull you, making it very hard not to love everything about WITHIN THESE WALLS.

Read the first chapter here!

A portion of the sales during the first week of release will go to a children’s heart charity.

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J.L. Berg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ready Series. She is a California native living in the beautiful state of historic Virginia. Married to her high school sweetheart, they have two beautiful girls that drive them batty on a daily basis. When she’s not writing, you will find her with her nose stuck in a romance novel, in a yoga studio or devouring anything chocolate. J.L. Berg is represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC.

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