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★★★★He'll do anything for a second chance…★★★★Deacon Hunter knows what it feels like to want. To ache. To crave the woman who captured his heart when they were deployed in Iraq. To know that he screwed everything up with the one woman who trusted him. One night changes everything…Kelsey Ryder has scars, the kind of scars she hopes that no one ever sees. Working around the guys at the Pint, she's reminded of everything she lost when she left the Army behind.  But she can't leave. She won't. No matter how much she might be afraid of the sleepless nights. But some scars refuse to stay hidden. Nothing will ever be the same.Being alone in the dark changes everything. It's the silence that breaks her. Makes her reach out to the one man she shouldn't.And Deacon doesn't know if he's strong enough to catch her when she falls.

He's in for the fight of his life . . . Army captain Trent Davila loved his wife, Laura, and their two beautiful children. But when he almost lost his life in combat, something inside him died. He couldn't explain the emptiness he felt or bridge the growing distance between him and his family - so he deployed again. And again. And again...until his marriage reached its breaking point. Now, with everything on the line, Trent has one last chance to prove to his wife that he can be the man she needs ...if she'll have him. . . to win back his only love.Laura is blindsided when Trent returns home. Time and again, he chose his men over his family, and she's just beginning to put the pieces of her shattered heart back together. But when Trent faces a court martial on false charges, only Laura can save him. What begins as an act of kindness to protect his career inflames a desire she thought long buried - and a love that won't be denied. But can she trust that this time he's back to stay?

Can a battle-scarred warrior . . . Stay sober. Get deployed. Lead his platoon. Those are the only things that matter to Sergeant First Class Reza Iaconelli. What he wants is for everyone to stay out of his way; what he gets is Captain Emily Lindberg telling him how to deal with his men. Fort Hood's newest shrink is smart as a whip and sexy as hell. She's also full of questions - about the army, its soldiers, and the agony etched on Reza's body and soul. . . . open his heart to love?Emily has devoted her life to giving soldiers the care they need and deserve. Little does she know that means facing down the fierce wall of muscle that is Sergeant Iaconelli like it's just another day at the office. When Reza agrees to help her understand what makes a soldier tick, she's thrilled. Too bad it doesn't help her unravel the sexy warrior in front of her who stokes her desire and touches a part of her she thought long dead. He's the man who thinks combat is the only escape from the demons that haunt him. The man who needs her most of all . . .

Captain Ben Teague wants neither the responsibility of command or the commitment. But his request for release from active duty is denied, leaving him with little choice. Frustrated and angry, Ben sets about trying to get fired, wanting nothing to do with leading soldiers in a war he deems futile. But when the most beautiful and annoying woman enters his battalion, he starts to remember what he's fighting for...Major Olivia Hale is shocked by her reception in the battalion. As the person who is meant to formulate legal opinions that keep commanders out of trouble, she's greeted not as part of the team but as an obstruction. Yet Olivia sees more in Ben than he sees in himself and as the legal challenges in his new command grow, so too does the lust for one another. When a night of passion turns into something more, Ben and Olivia must find a way to hold on to their new found love in the midst of a stormy war.

"e;Beautifully Written"e; JoAnn Ross - New York Times Bestselling author of the Shelter Bay series Fall in love with the men and women coming home from war and the families who love them in the first three books in Jessica Scott's Homefront Series: HOMEFRONT, AFTER THE WAR, and FORGED IN FIRE. HOMEFRONTHe’s always loved her… First Sergeant Gale Sorren waited a war and half a lifetime for a chance to get stationed near the ex-wife who left him years ago. When he finally musters the courage to see her, the life he imagined she was living was nothing close to the reality. She’s never stopped loving him… Melanie never stopped worrying about Gale each time he headed off to war. But he’s never been there when she needed him and she’s had fifteen years to steel her heart against him. But when Gale moves to Fort Hood, he finally has a chance to make things right with Melanie and the daughter she raised without him. Can Mel trust her heart to a man who has always let her down?AFTER THE WARA terrible loss… Captain Sarah Anders lost her husband to the Iraq war and has nearly lost the career she loves. Sent to Fort Hood, she only wants to do her job and take care of the daughter she’s raising on her own. She never counted on running straight into a memory she’d tried to forget. A love he never forgot... Captain Sean Nichols never got over Sarah. He simply tried to forget her amidst the war and the chaos of combat. But when she’s assigned to investigate his unit, he comes face to face with the woman no war or any amount of time could make him forget. A dark secret… As Sarah gets closer to the truth, Sean must accept that actions he took during the war may end the tentative love building between them. And even if Sarah can forgive him, Sean may never be able to forgive himself. FORGED IN FIREA warrior focused on war… Captain Sal Bello wants nothing more than to train his men for their upcoming deployment. But life at home is far more complicated for many of his men. And Sal doesn’t know how to stop the unraveling within his formation.  A warrior tested by combat... First Sergeant Holly Washington has been baptized by fire and come out steel. She knows how to lead soldiers in combat and bring them safely home.  But she’s not prepared for the strain she sees on her soldiers’ faces and the weight born by the one man she’s not supposed to fall for. As these two warriors clash over what it means to be a leader at home and at war, they'll cross the line between officer and enlisted. And the fallout could be more than either of them are prepared to face. Books in the Homefront SeriesBook .5: Come Home to MeBook 1: HomefrontBook 2: After the WarBook 3: Forged in Fire

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.'I'm not a hero.'Cam Warren is back from duty in Iraq. He's haunted by what he's seen, and the only thing he wants is to be normal again – especially when he sees Hayley Arsenault, the girl he left behind when he went off to war. But how does a scarred soldier learn to let in love?

"e;Beautifully Written"e; JoAnn Ross - New York Times Bestselling author of the Shelter Bay seriesWelcome 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 he's been running from his mistakes his entire life. He's never forgiven himself for letting his wife walk out of his life with their infant daughter but because of the war, he's 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 hasn't been easy but Mel is wracked with guilt, wondering how much her choices have lead to hear daughter's struggles. The last thing she's planning on is bringing Gale back into her life so when he shows up at a company party, she's completely blindsided with the realization that she's never stopped loving him. But now that he's living in the same small town, he's forced to make a choice: keep running or face the fact that he's always loved her. And together, they have to find a way to convince their daughter that she's worthy of the love she's always deserved but he hasn't been around to give. **previously published as part of the Homefront series but it has been republished as part of the Coming Home series as the author originally intended**

"e;Beautifully Written"e; JoAnn Ross - New York Times Bestselling author of the Shelter Bay series "e;Jessica Scott brings two unlikely people together to find love. It makes their world a bit brighter and easier to cope with. It gives these people a home life that makes all of their sacrifices worth it."e; ~ Michelle | Saucy Southern Readers "e;Holly is, by far, my favorite Jessica Scott heroine! I'm sure it's her sarcastic nature and her tough exterior that draws me the most."e; ~ Tina | Goodreads Review "e;I laughed, I cried and at times wanted to strangle a few characters. Be sure to check her out."e; ~ Danielle | Goodreads Review Army Captain Sal Bello doesn't know how to be around people - he's spent his life being a soldier and that's all he wants to do. He's never been in love and he doesn't understand what it does to the men around him, struggling to hold their marriages together. For Sal, the rules are a comfort, a way to live life without the messiness of emotions that tend to get out of control. First Sergeant Holly Washington has been spent her life around men like Sal Bello and she knows exactly how to get around his focus on the rules. She knows first hand that sometimes doing the right thing involves breaking the rules. She's not interested in the stoic officer who never seems to smile but something about him captures her curiosity. Beneath the gruff exterior, she sees a hint of a man shaped by a crushing loneliness that even he may not realize he carries within him. When work throws them together in an impossible situation, Sal is forced to make a choice: break the rules or risk losing his last chance at love…and finding a home. **Previously published as Find My Way Home and Forged in Fire as part of the Homefront Series. It has been republished as part of the Coming Home series as originally intended**