Claire Marti - Sunset in Laguna review

This was such a sweet read! I really enjoyed getting lost in Christian’s and Kelly’s journey. While life had thrown both of them curve balls, Christian’s journey was the most powerful. Christian was a military major who had seen several tours of duty. Life wasn’t what it used to be for him. He had a tough road to fully recover and Kelly was the first woman to get past his defenses. 
Kelly had to make big changes in her life and do something completely out of the ordinary for her.  She was a strong character and stood up for what she believed in, even when it cost her everything. She had a trauma in her past she's still struggling with and working to overcome.  It's something she carries around with her and it appears from time-to-time in her everyday life. 
I enjoyed the chemistry between them and while it wasn’t easy, the struggle they had to face. I thought Claire Marti did a good job of showing how much the the things that can’t be seen affect our military, as much as the scars and injuries we can see. Their story was sweet, hopeful and an all-around good read!

Returning to Laguna Beach after four tours in the Middle East, Christian Wolfe leaves the military behind and buys a wine bar, vowing to keep his life simple. He fights to keep his devastating PTSD a secret and refuses to burden anyone else with his baggage. When stunning Kelly Prescott and her red stilettos saunter into town, she drives him past the bonds of his self-control.

Successful in her father’s stuffy law firm, Kelly’s too compassionate to survive in the cutthroat world of corporate litigation. Leaving behind both family and courtroom drama, she moves to Laguna to become general counsel for a nonprofit veterans’ organization.

She didn’t bargain on a gorgeous modern-day Heathcliff, and in Christian, she sees another kind of challenge—one she can’t resist.