Slick's review: 
 I was looking forward to this book as much as I was dreading it; I knew On Broken Wings would be a tough, emotionally draining read and I wasn't wrong, but it was also a tale of great joy. I wept a lot throughout this book for what these two people lost, for the guilt they felt, for every little emotion they went through, for the unrequited love that had spanned years, but also for the happiness, the tender moments, the realization of something more, and the unconditional love they found in one another. On Broken Wings was a journey years in the making; it was a journey that only happened because of a tragedy, but one two people realized was worth taking because life is precious and meant to be lived fully, deeply and with those you love. 
 One year after Dani Peterson's husband, Michael (aka Joker) died in an F-16 crash; Dani is back in Oklahoma and trying to sell their home. The home she planned to live happily ever after in, when she about has a meltdown in the paint isle of the home improvement store Alex "Easy" Rogers steps in to help her which isn't easy for a guy who has been in love with her from afar for years. 
 This was such a complicated and complex story and it was beautifully written so that each layer unfolded at just the right time. Easy trying to protect his heart had stayed away from Dani, never realizing what dropping out of her life did to her. They had been friends because that's all he could be to her despite the fact he was in love with her, he'd stayed by her side following her miscarriage when her husband was on a mission, he stood beside her at his funeral to give her his strength, and he let her go back to her family because he knew it was the right thing to do. I have always loved Easy despite his somewhat manwhorish ways, it was easy to see he was a good man and dedicated not only to his career, but to his friends. My heart broke time and time again for Dani, for all that she lost and for the guilt she felt when she began to realize she was having feelings towards another man and not just any man, a man who had been her friend and a friend to her late husband. Easy was carrying his own guilt because no matter how hard he tried, he could not stop himself for wanting to be with Dani even if all she could offer him was friendship he was willing to forgo his happiness to be there for her. I realize this is sounding like an angst filled story and while there was some, it was warranted and it wasn't overdone and there was so much more to this book. Written in first person the reader is privy to every thought and feeling these characters go through and for that I'm thankful. 
 So much happens between Easy and Dani and not all of it is good; they really had some issues between them and neither one is sure how to handle it and while the majority of this book spans several months, they spend a good part of it apart, but that isn't a bad thing as it gives them time and perspective to really examine their own lives and what they want out of them. 
 I really cannot convey how intense and emotional this story was or the fact that it contained so much happiness, love and complete bliss. Ms. Cleeton's Wild Aces series has been spectacular from the start, but On Broken Wings is flaps down, throttle forward, full speed ahead, let's break the sound barrier good! It I could give this book ten stars I would, that is how much I loved this story. 
 Review copy provided with no expectations.