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Lorhainne Eckhart began her writing career in 2008, when she published her first novel, The Captain’s Lady, a Contemporary Military Romance through The Wild Rose Press. You can find Lorhainne most days on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, contributing posts to her two blogs The Choice of Giving and Illusions while actively promoting her books, The Forgotten Child, The Captain’s Lady, her supernatural romantic suspense series, The Choice, and a children’s illustrated adventure, A Father’s Love.
Lorhainne Eckhart writes edgy romantic suspense and warns her readers to expect the unexpected. The mother of three children, one a special needs child. They live on a small Island in the Gulf Islands where Lorhainne advocates for the environment and rights of special needs children. And somewhere in her busy schedule she finds time to write.
Reviewed by Brenda Casto for Readers' Favorite
Emily Nelson is a thirty-five year old woman who has been married to her husband Bob for twelve years. For the last ten years the marriage hasn't worked well and it worries her that all the fighting might affect her two year old daughter Katy, so she decides to end the marriage. Needing a job she answers an ad for a caregiver, cook position at a local ranch. She soon learns that the job is for a live in position on a ranch owned by Brad Friessen, cooking and taking care of his three year old son named Trevor. As Emily settles into her job, she quickly realizes something isn't right with Trevor, and becomes determined to find him the help he needs. Feelings also start to develop between her and Brad, but when his estranged wife comes back home things change in a hurry. Will Emily find the new beginning she is hoping for, and will she be able to help Trevor?
"The Forgotten Child" opens up with a dramatic beginning that pulled me right in. Written with very well-developed characters, the book is easy to become invested in. Emily is putting an end to a loveless marriage, and as the author allows us to glimpse the true problems between her and her husband Bob it is easy to see why she wants to end it. Many women will see bits of themselves in Emily, from the self doubt and the fear of not being able to make it on their own, to taking that leap of faith anyway because wanting something better for themselves and their child propels them forward. Brad was also someone who was very realistic and handsome, but hurt by his estranged wife. He guards his heart, but knows he needs help with his son Trevor. Plenty of twists and turns along with mystery, suspense, and romance really made this book a real page turner, and although there are a few sexual situations they have been done with restraint. This story also taught me quite a bit about Autism, something I knew very little about. Overall, a real page turner with realistically-drawn characters, a fast moving plot and a very satisfying ending making "The Forgotten Child" a must read!
