Elisabeth Barrett has found her niche in writing stories that are well crafted, inspiring and poignant. With her latest work The Best of Me, she created two characters that had every reason to be wary and slowly built their relationship from casual acquaintances, to friends and finally to soul mates. Complicated pasts along with heartbreaking betrayals shaped these two wounded hearts but the ability to break away from the ugliness and have faith in yourself is the message of this story. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.