Homefront: A Coming Home Novel: 9

Army officer Scotts first Fort Hood contemporary portrays the deeply moving reunion of a couple long separated by the instability of army life...Gale and Melanies resentment and sorrow are expertly contrasted with simmering desire and their determination to team up to parent Jamie...[T]he intricacies of Stateside military lives are portrayed rivetingly with fully realized characters who will stay with the reader long after the book is finished. Publishers Weekly on HomefrontWelcome back to the tiny military community where the men are strong and the women who dare to love them.To everyone who knows him Gale Sorren is a grumpy first sergeant who despite his gruff exterior cares deeply about protecting those around him. What no one can see is that hes been running from his mistakes his entire life. Hes never forgiven himself for letting his wife walk out of his life with their infant daughter but because of the war hes never had a second chance.Mel was too young to be an Army wife and when everything became too overwhelming she ran thinking it would be easier to keep her heart from breaking every time she thought about her husband leaving on another deployment. Raising their daughter along hasnt been easy but Mel is wracked with guilt wondering how much her choices have lead to hear daughters struggles. The last thing shes planning on is bringing Gale back into her life so when he shows up at a company party shes completely blindsided with the realization that shes never stopped loving him.But now that hes living in the same small town hes forced to make a choice: keep running or face the fact that hes always loved her. And together they have to find a way to convince their daughter that shes worthy of the love shes always deserved but he hasnt been around to give.