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Dear Aaron

By: Mariana Zapata
Narrated by: Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton
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Some days, all you need is a message from a stranger.

Ruby Santos knew exactly what she was getting herself into when she signed up to write a soldier overseas. The guidelines were simple: one letter or email a week for the length of his or her deployment. Care packages were optional.

Been there, done that. She thought she knew what to expect.

What she didn't count on was falling in love with the guy.

©2017 Mariana Zapata (P)2017 Mariana Zapata Military Protector Romance Feel-Good Women's Fiction

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love it one of the best books I've listened to. I love how most of the chapters have both of them talking especially the last chapter. thankyou for a wonderful story.

love it

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it got me hooked from the sample so I had to buy..... at first the way it's told by emails I didn't think it was going to work but it dose and I liked that it goes into a proper book I also really enjoyed the story line ...really good narration too

really good

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I have to be honest, if this was not on audible, and I was painting my walls (a lot of walls!) I probably would not have finished. The first half is the emails/letter communication of Ruby, a fairly introverted seamstress who lived with her parents and worked for the family. She was writing to Aaron, a soldier posted in Iraq. They meet up about half way through the book in a wierd house party environment with a group of Aaron's friends, declare their feelings for each other at the end of this holiday and then we have a very brief epilogue.

I enjoyed listening. Sort of. It just left me with so many questions and loose ends. I feel like this is half a book (a very long book!). We get so many hints about Ruby's family, but never meet any of them, and never find out their reactions to her romance with someone she knew only through letters for a year. Aaron's family is a complete mystery. A strange subplot of a friend's sister's accident, problems with his mother, siblings mentioned but never explained and a father who apparently was very wealthy and unhappy that Aaron would not join the family business. Aaron is 29, has been in the army for years but apparently still cannot decided what he wants to "do' with his life. We never get a really clear idea of his army experience, even though we get a vague hint of PTSD that is never referred to again. He seems to be very ambiviant about his army career, but at the end of the book he reenlists? The books ends abruptly. They get together as a couple at the very end, have a tearful parting at the airport at the end of the holiday and then bam, we are in the epilogue where they are apparently living their 'happy ever after'. How this happened, what they are both doing, where they are living (in the same house, state, country???) what their plans are for the future, how they get on with their respective families, we have no clear explanation. Zapata is a brilliant writer, and even though this is not the best of her books, it is still way better than 90% of the offerings in this genre on Kindle and Audible. Unfortunately, as with Kulti, there is "slow burn' and there is 'no burn'.

Another Zapata super slow burn

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I've read this book before but always wondered if I would enjoy it better on audio because of the back and forth messages that feature so heavily in this one. I was right.

I love a slow burn book

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I'll start by saying that I've never read a Mariana Zapata book before, I was always afraid to try because everyone said she was the queen of slow burn, that she would make me want to pull out all my hair from ꯱ׁׅ֒tׁׅꭈׁׅꫀׁׅܻ꯱ׁׅ֒꯱ׁׅ֒ and other ꫀ᥊ꪖᧁᧁꫀ𝕣ꪖ𝕥ⅈꪮꪀડ of all kinds.
And if there's something I have a hard time with, it's slow-burn, I avoided it in every possible way until I remembered the list I wrote for myself for the new year.
One of the challenges on my list was to "try books I avoided reading", and from there I tried this book and I'm here to tell how the challenge go 🤫

The book opens with a letter from Ruby, who signed up for the a program called "Adopt a Soldier" association.
At first she doesn't get a response to her letter, but Ruby is determined and decides to continue writing letter after letter in the hope of an answer.
And indeed, her determination finally pays off because she receives an answer from a soldier named Aaron.
They have been corresponding like this back and forth for 9 months but I felt that time flew by...
I was shocked that 9 months passed so quickly 🤯
The lovely exchange of letters between Ruby and Aaron made me smile a lot and casual giggles throughout the book😁

Started as pen pals and from there the feelings built slowly but at a perfect pace!
And throughout this whole period they didn't see what the other looked like (crazy, isn't it?) It only strengthened my thought that looks are just an outer shell and how much the inside is much more beautiful than the outside, and that you don't need a look in the eyes to make the heart fall in love ❤️

Aaron is an ꪱׁׅꪀׁׅ꯱ׁׅ֒ɑׁׅ֮ꪀׁׅꫀׁׅܻᥣׁׅ֪ᨮ꫶ׁׅ֮ charming MMC (really, 𝕜ⅈꪶꪶ ꪑꫀ, ⅈ'ꪑ 𝕣ꪊⅈꪀꫀᦔ for any other man), Ruby's character is amazing on a ᥴ𝕣ꪖ𝕫ꪗ scale! Her way of expressing herself, including the stories and jokes she sent were ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴘᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪɴɢ, such a colorful character, I enjoyed her a lot.
I fell in love with this stunning couple slowly but surely💘💘
I couldn't believe I finished the book I enjoyed it so much!
I feel like re-listening all over again😍

Mrs. Zapata has 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 me for good, if I thought my standards didn't exist now it must be with a final stamp😭😍
Where do I duplicate such a man???
The letters are so amazing, I enjoyed listening to the audio of their exchange of messages so much
I can't believe I was ɑׁׅ֮⨍ꭈׁׅɑׁׅ֮ꪱׁׅժׁׅ݊ to try her books, after this book I'm totally going to try more because I found a new treasure😍

🥺"You are so ᧁׁᨵׁׅժׁׅ݊ժׁׅ݊ɑׁׅ֮ ꩇׁׅ݊ꪀׁׅ special, Ruby. I’ll tell you every day if I have to"🥺
🦋"You’re my Ruby, and you have been for a long time."🦋
😂“I was a goner from the first time you gave me hell.”😂
💘"Aaron: Have I told you today how happy I am you got stuck with me? And how could I be sad after that?"💘

I think I understand the hype about MZ😍

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