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Hero's Homecoming
Six months ago, being snowed in at Christmas with the amazing woman he met on R & R at Fort Riley would have been a dream come true, yet now, as a blizzard swirls outside Beth Tate's house, Captain Chris Walker knows he shouldn't be there. Blinded in combat and emotionally scarred, he never wanted Beth to know the man he's become-but stranded by the storm, he had no one else to call.Hurt and bewildered when Chris abruptly ended his faithful contact from Afghanistan, Beth tried to put him and their whirlwind romance out of her mind and prepared for a quiet holiday alone-until the phone rang. Now that he's here, she's more confused than ever, torn between love for the man she once knew and anger at the one who broke her heart.A life with Beth was everything Chris wanted, but the wounds of battle are nothing compared to the agony of heartbreak. It will take more than mistletoe, but perhaps this holiday season Chris will find his way home.33,000 words
88 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 21, 2013
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Rebecca Crowley
30 books98 followersRebecca Crowley writes contemporary romance about good people doing their best, and never tires of the happily-ever-after. Having pulled up her Kansas roots to live in New York City, London and Johannesburg, Rebecca currently resides in Houston.
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October 11, 2015
This is really hard for me to rate for several reasons. First it was short, only really covered 3 days but a lot happened and their history was revisited. Second, it was emotional, heavy subject matter. Third, I feel like a bad person for wishing this were a little more light hearted, when the subject is so real for so many people that I admire and respect.
What I liked:
> I love military Heroes. I also like reading about happy endings for disabled veterans.
> The heroine, Beth, treated Chris like a man first and not a disabled soldier.
> I felt that the emotions expressed were honest, even though I wish things were easier.
> I was happy that the author did not take too much time rehashing their initial meeting 6 months ago.
What I disliked:
> I want my HFN/HEA to come earlier than the last 2% of a book. I like to see a couple spend a little time together happy being together. Granted there was not a lot of time for that to happen in a book that only covers 3 days.
> I felt the heroine spent a bit too much time in her own head and on the internet. Freaking out over things that she knows nothing about.
> I thought the portrayal of the Hero's thoughts were too brief. There was only 1 or 2 sections where I felt we really got to feel what he was feeling. Otherwise, his POV was just too one dimensional.
> That stupid parade and that his parents blindsided him with it.
> I would have liked an epilogue. It would have increased the score. But I was ok with how it ended.
I am not sure how to describe this story. My best summary would be it is about a couple who met and fell in love over 4 days and then 4 months of letters and phone calls. Then a tragedy strikes and they are over. Unexpectedly they are thrown together for a couple of days and it gives the heroine a chance to get an explanation for being unceremoniously dumped and gives the Hero a look at the mistake he made.
All that being said, I am going to end with a 3.5 rating, but not worthy of rounding up. It was good, but needed more pages to be really good.
Safety Gang safe.
Personal note - thank you to members of the armed forces and the families who support them. Whether you agree with the label "Hero" or not, you all are to those of us who do not serve.
What I liked:
> I love military Heroes. I also like reading about happy endings for disabled veterans.
> The heroine, Beth, treated Chris like a man first and not a disabled soldier.
> I felt that the emotions expressed were honest, even though I wish things were easier.
> I was happy that the author did not take too much time rehashing their initial meeting 6 months ago.
What I disliked:
> I want my HFN/HEA to come earlier than the last 2% of a book. I like to see a couple spend a little time together happy being together. Granted there was not a lot of time for that to happen in a book that only covers 3 days.
> I felt the heroine spent a bit too much time in her own head and on the internet. Freaking out over things that she knows nothing about.
> I thought the portrayal of the Hero's thoughts were too brief. There was only 1 or 2 sections where I felt we really got to feel what he was feeling. Otherwise, his POV was just too one dimensional.
> That stupid parade and that his parents blindsided him with it.
> I would have liked an epilogue. It would have increased the score. But I was ok with how it ended.
I am not sure how to describe this story. My best summary would be it is about a couple who met and fell in love over 4 days and then 4 months of letters and phone calls. Then a tragedy strikes and they are over. Unexpectedly they are thrown together for a couple of days and it gives the heroine a chance to get an explanation for being unceremoniously dumped and gives the Hero a look at the mistake he made.
All that being said, I am going to end with a 3.5 rating, but not worthy of rounding up. It was good, but needed more pages to be really good.
Safety Gang safe.
Personal note - thank you to members of the armed forces and the families who support them. Whether you agree with the label "Hero" or not, you all are to those of us who do not serve.
October 23, 2013
I adore to read the books about kick ass hero's from the war. The action, drama and look behind the lines of fire as always been a favorite to me, and when the author take the time to go behind the lives of those that serve it is even better than all the action bom'bs and gunfire.
Yet there are not enough reads focusing on the lives of the men and woman who put it all on the line to protect others. Therefore I was simply delighted to be offered the chance to read a book that takes a look into the lives of men and the life after war.
This read is from Rebecca Crowley titled Hero's Homecoming and tells of the whirlwind romance between Chris and Beth. Chris is wounded in battle and returns home blind and cannot help but feel like less of a man than he use to be, he takes this new found frustration to life out on Beth and it looks like the love once found on the fast and furious ground of passion has brunt out.
This read was of course a whole lot more intense than the first read in this book, leaning to move around in life when suddenly blind is not something I think anyone can imagine as being easy.
The author showed true insight into the differences of being able to see the ones we love and to only being able to touch them whilst relying on the image our mind brings into focus.
The emotional and truly vivid look into blindness and the learning curve was so strong and so fantastically brought to life by the author, I cried the entire read through. It did at first feel like the instant connection between Chris and Beth was a bit fast, but then again love happens at first sight and goes from there, but at one stage it did feel like it was happening a little easily as it goes from meet, fall in love in a few days and then separated for months before being thrown back at each other.
However it reminded me that as in real life, sometimes love has no limits and logical goes out the back door. A really heart-wrenching look into letting someone else help you pick up the pieces of your once perfect life when you are simply not strong enough to do it on your own.
"The power of touch"
5/5 star review
** E-arc provided in exchange for a honest review
Yet there are not enough reads focusing on the lives of the men and woman who put it all on the line to protect others. Therefore I was simply delighted to be offered the chance to read a book that takes a look into the lives of men and the life after war.
This read is from Rebecca Crowley titled Hero's Homecoming and tells of the whirlwind romance between Chris and Beth. Chris is wounded in battle and returns home blind and cannot help but feel like less of a man than he use to be, he takes this new found frustration to life out on Beth and it looks like the love once found on the fast and furious ground of passion has brunt out.
This read was of course a whole lot more intense than the first read in this book, leaning to move around in life when suddenly blind is not something I think anyone can imagine as being easy.
The author showed true insight into the differences of being able to see the ones we love and to only being able to touch them whilst relying on the image our mind brings into focus.
The emotional and truly vivid look into blindness and the learning curve was so strong and so fantastically brought to life by the author, I cried the entire read through. It did at first feel like the instant connection between Chris and Beth was a bit fast, but then again love happens at first sight and goes from there, but at one stage it did feel like it was happening a little easily as it goes from meet, fall in love in a few days and then separated for months before being thrown back at each other.
However it reminded me that as in real life, sometimes love has no limits and logical goes out the back door. A really heart-wrenching look into letting someone else help you pick up the pieces of your once perfect life when you are simply not strong enough to do it on your own.
"The power of touch"
5/5 star review
** E-arc provided in exchange for a honest review
June 24, 2019
Not a bad little story. Very short. A soldier in blinded in the line of duty and rather than tell his girlfriend the truth and risk of ruining her life and receiving her pity, he sends her a "Dear John" email. Six months later, he needs help and has no one else to reach out to. This is a story of what happens next.
As usual, I could have done without the very graphic sex scene.
As usual, I could have done without the very graphic sex scene.
November 27, 2013
This is the first book of Rebecca Crowley's that I have read. I definitely need to find all of them. The emotion she weaves and layers through this short (but very complete feeling) story took my breath away.
From the beginning you feel and understand Beth’s anger over how the hero, Chris, broke up with her. There is a simple but perfectly well done conflict that flowed very naturally. Chris has been blinded in battle, and now questions his own worth. This is what gives the story its most poignant feel.
Beth is the perfect heroine. She is strong yet fragile. She is no nonsense and tells it like it is. She doesn't care that Chris is blind, that's something she can deal with. She's pissed at how he dumped her. From the beginning she isn't horrified or dramatic about Chris's injuries. She's matter of fact and compassionate. I just loved her.
I'm not usually a fan of Christmas stories as they tend to feel a bit contrived, but there was none of that here. HERO’S HOMECOMING pure perfection.
(The other story in this 2-story anthology is not as worthy, so if you can purchase this one as a stand alone, do that and skip the other one!)
From the beginning you feel and understand Beth’s anger over how the hero, Chris, broke up with her. There is a simple but perfectly well done conflict that flowed very naturally. Chris has been blinded in battle, and now questions his own worth. This is what gives the story its most poignant feel.
Beth is the perfect heroine. She is strong yet fragile. She is no nonsense and tells it like it is. She doesn't care that Chris is blind, that's something she can deal with. She's pissed at how he dumped her. From the beginning she isn't horrified or dramatic about Chris's injuries. She's matter of fact and compassionate. I just loved her.
I'm not usually a fan of Christmas stories as they tend to feel a bit contrived, but there was none of that here. HERO’S HOMECOMING pure perfection.
(The other story in this 2-story anthology is not as worthy, so if you can purchase this one as a stand alone, do that and skip the other one!)
October 6, 2016
I absolutely adore this authors voice. Smart, smart writing with flawed but engaging -real- characters. I genuinely loved this book.
February 5, 2019
It takes some tottering, transparent narrative turns to race to its conclusion -- one, especially, feels like an eye-rolling deus ex machina -- but the characters in Crowley's bittersweetly snowed-in novella are tenderly, complexly realized. I would have enjoyed more backstory into Beth's perception of her (lack of) beauty. Much of Beth felt underdeveloped, especially in contrast to Chris, whose personality is so well-defined, particularly his coming-of-age in rural Kansas.
Readers who love wounded war heroes with more substance and depth than a smattering of scars will gravitate towards Hero's Homecoming, which works admirably to showcase a suspended moment in time: the not-so-perfect soldier returning home to a woman who's waited, but not without well-placed resentment, not without her own cascadence of grief. Most gratifyingly from a non-Caucasian, non-American reader's view, the novella resists stock categorizations of Middle Eastern participants in war, and does not seek to glorify the American war-hero experience. When it comes to the latter, she does the complete opposite, and the work is better, sweeter, for it.
Readers who love wounded war heroes with more substance and depth than a smattering of scars will gravitate towards Hero's Homecoming, which works admirably to showcase a suspended moment in time: the not-so-perfect soldier returning home to a woman who's waited, but not without well-placed resentment, not without her own cascadence of grief. Most gratifyingly from a non-Caucasian, non-American reader's view, the novella resists stock categorizations of Middle Eastern participants in war, and does not seek to glorify the American war-hero experience. When it comes to the latter, she does the complete opposite, and the work is better, sweeter, for it.
December 28, 2022
This reading experience confirmed two things:
1. I should stay away from military romance. Reading positive portrayals of the American military and American wars is a struggle in current year.
2. Crowley is a good writer and I should read her Hanukkah romances and her tennis romance. She's the reason I finished this, and I'm thrilled that her more recent work seems way more up my alley.
1. I should stay away from military romance. Reading positive portrayals of the American military and American wars is a struggle in current year.
2. Crowley is a good writer and I should read her Hanukkah romances and her tennis romance. She's the reason I finished this, and I'm thrilled that her more recent work seems way more up my alley.
December 4, 2017
2.5 stars
December 8, 2013
I knew this one would not be easy going in, but I wasn't in the mood for easy. I wanted a story of two people triumphing over some tough stuff and this one delivered on that.
The story opens with Beth working on her Christmas cookies and getting interrupted by a call from the last person she expected to hear from. Captain Chris Walker, the man who she thought would be The One before sending her that terse two sentence email that ended it all, needs her to come pick him up at the airport and take him to a hotel where he can wait out the blizzard that is hitting the area. At first Beth wants to say no, but then she decides that this may be her opportunity to finally get some answers.
Chris has just been released from the Army Medical Center in Texas and just wants to go home for Christmas, but a storm prevents his parents from picking him up. This forces him to call Beth, the woman he loves and gave up because he wasn't the same person anymore. He doesn't want to call her and have her see and pity him now that he's blind and useless and he suspects that she'll be justifiably angry.
Beth is shocked by Chris' condition since she never knew what happened, but instead of pitying him like he expects, she's angry and hurt too. He plans to push her aside again, but then ends up accepting her hospitality. It is only being in Beth's home and fighting through some of his demons that Chris figures out that they might really have a chance. Unfortunately, he hurt Beth deeply and though she wants to believe in his change of heart, she isn't sure if she can come back from it if he tosses her aside again.
The plot dives in deep and starts both the characters in a bad place. Character growth is the basis that leads to a chance at the romance. Both characters are hurting, vulnerable and lashing out at first. It wasn't pretty and they had a lot to get through. Chris is blind, has PTSD and is recovering from a suicide bomber attack that took out his comrades. Beth has always thought little of herself, but she opened herself wide for love and trusted Chris before he broke her heart. They were so really good for each other and I loved how she accepted his injuries, but not his crap just as he truly saw her as beautiful and desirable. This one was quick and only worked because they already had a history, but I loved how it brought it all together with empathetic characters, real raw feelings, passion, and in the end the spirit of family, Christmas and hope.
Those who enjoy and endearing Contemporary Christmas Romance between two hurting people who need to help heal each other should give this a try.
My thanks to Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this book.
The story opens with Beth working on her Christmas cookies and getting interrupted by a call from the last person she expected to hear from. Captain Chris Walker, the man who she thought would be The One before sending her that terse two sentence email that ended it all, needs her to come pick him up at the airport and take him to a hotel where he can wait out the blizzard that is hitting the area. At first Beth wants to say no, but then she decides that this may be her opportunity to finally get some answers.
Chris has just been released from the Army Medical Center in Texas and just wants to go home for Christmas, but a storm prevents his parents from picking him up. This forces him to call Beth, the woman he loves and gave up because he wasn't the same person anymore. He doesn't want to call her and have her see and pity him now that he's blind and useless and he suspects that she'll be justifiably angry.
Beth is shocked by Chris' condition since she never knew what happened, but instead of pitying him like he expects, she's angry and hurt too. He plans to push her aside again, but then ends up accepting her hospitality. It is only being in Beth's home and fighting through some of his demons that Chris figures out that they might really have a chance. Unfortunately, he hurt Beth deeply and though she wants to believe in his change of heart, she isn't sure if she can come back from it if he tosses her aside again.
The plot dives in deep and starts both the characters in a bad place. Character growth is the basis that leads to a chance at the romance. Both characters are hurting, vulnerable and lashing out at first. It wasn't pretty and they had a lot to get through. Chris is blind, has PTSD and is recovering from a suicide bomber attack that took out his comrades. Beth has always thought little of herself, but she opened herself wide for love and trusted Chris before he broke her heart. They were so really good for each other and I loved how she accepted his injuries, but not his crap just as he truly saw her as beautiful and desirable. This one was quick and only worked because they already had a history, but I loved how it brought it all together with empathetic characters, real raw feelings, passion, and in the end the spirit of family, Christmas and hope.
Those who enjoy and endearing Contemporary Christmas Romance between two hurting people who need to help heal each other should give this a try.
My thanks to Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this book.
March 13, 2014
Six months ago, being snowed in at Christmas with the amazing woman he met on R & R at Fort Riley would have been a dream come true, yet now, as a blizzard swirls outside Beth Tate's house, Captain Chris Walker
Captain Chris N. Walker was stationed at Fort Riley Kansas not to awfully far from his parent’s farm, about an hour to Stanfield. At the age of 30, he hadn’t really met the one, by all rights he should have had his pick. He is 6 feet plus, dark hair, and blue eyes truly handsome.
But it wasn’t until 4 days before he was to leave on his 3rd tour of Afghanistan that he meets the women he had been waiting for all his life to meet, Beth Tate, 30. She works at the college and was there at the Metal Cavalry Museum to do some work. Chris was supposed to be on R & R but came in to catch up on something before he left and was asked to open for her and he did and he also asked her to dinner. They made the most of those 4 nights and days before he left.
While Chris was gone he emailed and wrote faithfully for four months with several calls thrown in. They were both falling in love. Neither telling the other since it was so soon. Then, a tragic event happens and Beth gets a “Dear John” email with just a few words on it and then nothing. The romance started in June, “Dear John” came in Oct., and now Dec. she gets a call, says that it’s him Chris he is stuck at the airport due to the blizzard can she please come and get him, because his parents are stuck on the farm?
Once the shock wears off with the shake of her head she rushes off to the airport. Cussing herself the whole way for agreeing to do it. She sees him standing by a pillar runs up to him and hugs him, he hugs her thinking she must not hate him totally, they both stiffen, she drops and then she slaps him. Everyone stops and the small airport goes quiet, she slapped a decorated wounded Army war Captain. If you want to know what happens you’ll have to read it…
I really enjoyed this sorry you got to see the anguish the loved ones at home went through when one is at war. This has a different twist in the way that they knew they loved each other but hadn’t declared it so basically no one knows officially. Therefore, anything happens to the one in service the one at home waiting has no rights to information. They can get injured, lost or die and you would never know. What a sad situation. This story brought up a lot of important issues to be considered yet a good story form. Provided by netgalley.com
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Captain Chris N. Walker was stationed at Fort Riley Kansas not to awfully far from his parent’s farm, about an hour to Stanfield. At the age of 30, he hadn’t really met the one, by all rights he should have had his pick. He is 6 feet plus, dark hair, and blue eyes truly handsome.
But it wasn’t until 4 days before he was to leave on his 3rd tour of Afghanistan that he meets the women he had been waiting for all his life to meet, Beth Tate, 30. She works at the college and was there at the Metal Cavalry Museum to do some work. Chris was supposed to be on R & R but came in to catch up on something before he left and was asked to open for her and he did and he also asked her to dinner. They made the most of those 4 nights and days before he left.
While Chris was gone he emailed and wrote faithfully for four months with several calls thrown in. They were both falling in love. Neither telling the other since it was so soon. Then, a tragic event happens and Beth gets a “Dear John” email with just a few words on it and then nothing. The romance started in June, “Dear John” came in Oct., and now Dec. she gets a call, says that it’s him Chris he is stuck at the airport due to the blizzard can she please come and get him, because his parents are stuck on the farm?
Once the shock wears off with the shake of her head she rushes off to the airport. Cussing herself the whole way for agreeing to do it. She sees him standing by a pillar runs up to him and hugs him, he hugs her thinking she must not hate him totally, they both stiffen, she drops and then she slaps him. Everyone stops and the small airport goes quiet, she slapped a decorated wounded Army war Captain. If you want to know what happens you’ll have to read it…
I really enjoyed this sorry you got to see the anguish the loved ones at home went through when one is at war. This has a different twist in the way that they knew they loved each other but hadn’t declared it so basically no one knows officially. Therefore, anything happens to the one in service the one at home waiting has no rights to information. They can get injured, lost or die and you would never know. What a sad situation. This story brought up a lot of important issues to be considered yet a good story form. Provided by netgalley.com
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October 29, 2013
4.5 Stars
In Hero’s Homecoming by Rebecca Crowley, Chris Walker thought he had met the woman of his dreams while on R & R at Fort Riley. He couldn’t wait to make their relationship into something more than just a fling. But after having to return to duty, and unfortunate event had him loosing his sight while everyone else in his team died.
Now blind, physically and emotionally scarred, Chris doesn’t want to burden Beth Tate and ended everything with her as soon as he could. But when he finds himself stranded in the airport due to a snowstorm and his parents unable to reach get him, Chris will have a hard time gathering his courage to call the only person nearby that could help him but may not have forgiven him for his action.
Beth has been preparing herself for a quite holiday alone when she receives a call from Chris asking for s ride to a hotel, she can’t help but go to his aid. She has not forgiven him for the way he ended things, but she still cares for him. Little does she know the surprise that will await her when she sees him once again.
This a heartbreaking and of so heartwarming story, the things that happened to Chris are sad and things that happen to many of the soldiers fighting for us, his struggles feels so real and the things he goes through to try and make a life again are so hard. But being the one left behind is not easy either, for while Beth believed that they were working towards something special, Chris ended things believing that he would only be a burden for her.
I just loved how when Beth met him at the airport she threw herself at him to hug him, but then her anger over begin dumped came back and she slapped him right after. She showed no pity for him and she tried to help him without making him feel like a burden or unable to do anything by himself.
For a heartfelt story that will make you cry and make you laugh, don’t miss Hero’s Homecoming by Rebecca Crowley.
In Hero’s Homecoming by Rebecca Crowley, Chris Walker thought he had met the woman of his dreams while on R & R at Fort Riley. He couldn’t wait to make their relationship into something more than just a fling. But after having to return to duty, and unfortunate event had him loosing his sight while everyone else in his team died.
Now blind, physically and emotionally scarred, Chris doesn’t want to burden Beth Tate and ended everything with her as soon as he could. But when he finds himself stranded in the airport due to a snowstorm and his parents unable to reach get him, Chris will have a hard time gathering his courage to call the only person nearby that could help him but may not have forgiven him for his action.
Beth has been preparing herself for a quite holiday alone when she receives a call from Chris asking for s ride to a hotel, she can’t help but go to his aid. She has not forgiven him for the way he ended things, but she still cares for him. Little does she know the surprise that will await her when she sees him once again.
This a heartbreaking and of so heartwarming story, the things that happened to Chris are sad and things that happen to many of the soldiers fighting for us, his struggles feels so real and the things he goes through to try and make a life again are so hard. But being the one left behind is not easy either, for while Beth believed that they were working towards something special, Chris ended things believing that he would only be a burden for her.
I just loved how when Beth met him at the airport she threw herself at him to hug him, but then her anger over begin dumped came back and she slapped him right after. She showed no pity for him and she tried to help him without making him feel like a burden or unable to do anything by himself.
For a heartfelt story that will make you cry and make you laugh, don’t miss Hero’s Homecoming by Rebecca Crowley.
November 20, 2013
HERO’S HOMECOMING was a 5-hankie read for me! Right from the beginning I felt Beth’s devastation over being dropped like a hot rock by the hero, Chris, six months earlier. Their connection had been the most important event in her life, yet he apparently hadn’t felt the same. The truth, however, comes to light in a very painful way when their paths cross once again. Chris has been blinded in battle, and I LOVE how Rebecca Crowley underscores how the hero is even more blind when it comes to understanding his own worth. For me, that was the most poignant part, and I loved how the author showcased Chris’s true “blindness”—he just couldn’t see how worthy he was of Beth’s love. (Yeah Rebecca, I saw whut you did thar :D ) I sniffled and sobbed as he struggled with his inner demons, and cheered Beth on as she proved time and again her beautiful strength of will. HERO’S HOMECOMING is a fast-paced, thoroughly enjoyable read, and it's guaranteed to put you in a holiday spirit.
December 1, 2013
A wonderful story that touches multiple subject...Coming home from war a wounded and changed man, learning to trust that love will stick. I loved the love at first site relationship between Chris and Beth. Ok, maybe it wasn't love, but the attraction was instant and the love came over months of e-mails and scattered phone calls. I was also happy that Beth didn't take Chris back right away and made sure he really understood what she went through when he broke things off. I was rooting for them the whole time. I wish the story was longer! I would love to see what happens next for the couple!
January 15, 2014
Beautiful spiritual romance, no matter what if any, religion you practice. This second chance at love story from author Rebecca Crowley will put your emotions through the wringer, but love triumphs over all, and that's the case in this novel as well. Ms. Crowley has given readers a lot to think about, PTSD, terrorists, injury, scars, blindness, but she has given us a lead couple up to all the challenges. It was easy to become emotionally invested in their happily ever after. If you like a gorgeously written love story, with elements of spirituality, this one is for you.
*I received my copy from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
*I received my copy from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
February 3, 2015
I liked this story a lot. The characters felt very real and their struggles were belieable. Our heroine lost her husband after a very long illness. Our hero was hurt in war and was left disabled. Their journey to starting over their lives made them fall in love with each other. The excellent narration of Rosalyn Landor adds extra emotion to the story.
As an added bonus after the main story ends you get a free novella called The Suitor. It's only an hour and a half long so it's very brief but it was good as well and felt pretty complete.
As an added bonus after the main story ends you get a free novella called The Suitor. It's only an hour and a half long so it's very brief but it was good as well and felt pretty complete.
January 8, 2014
I liked this one a lot better than the other one in the same box set I read it with...
Similar thing with the (military) MMC making decisions for both himself and the FMC without consulting her, but at least in this case they'd only been together for four days plus e-mails rather than MARRIED FOR YEARS like in the other book. And at least this time the MMC had SOME reason for his decision.
Not a book that's going to change my life, but an easy way to spend an afternoon.
Similar thing with the (military) MMC making decisions for both himself and the FMC without consulting her, but at least in this case they'd only been together for four days plus e-mails rather than MARRIED FOR YEARS like in the other book. And at least this time the MMC had SOME reason for his decision.
Not a book that's going to change my life, but an easy way to spend an afternoon.
December 21, 2013
4 stars
I really enjoyed Hero's Homecoming.
This story will touch your heart, I found myself getting so caught up with Chris and Beth's story I couldn't put it down.
Hero's Homecoming is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and it's guaranteed to put you in a holiday spirit.
Thank you Netgalley and Carina Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I really enjoyed Hero's Homecoming.
This story will touch your heart, I found myself getting so caught up with Chris and Beth's story I couldn't put it down.
Hero's Homecoming is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and it's guaranteed to put you in a holiday spirit.
Thank you Netgalley and Carina Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
November 26, 2015
Another quick read! The characters were believable and well developed. I liked how they both had flaws and the flaws weren't miraculously covered up and completely forgotten about. This romance novel actually felt like it was real with real people, not just caricatures. A sweet book, overall.
November 15, 2014
Love military romances and especially ones with happy endings and Christmas all rolled into one. Chris thinks he's being noble ending his romance with Beth and she is bewildered and mad preparing for the holidays. When he is blinded and hurt he sucks it up and goes to her for help. She makes him earn her trust and respect by not pampering him too much. Great read , makes you feel good.
July 10, 2015
I've read this book and listened to the audio version. When I initially read it I really enjoyed it.
But the second time around it did not hold up. Perhaps it was the narration, but Chris came across as whiney and desperate more than sexy and struggling. And Beth was so insecure I want to shake her.
But I do give it props for the Kansas setting. Yay for stories set in the heartland!
But the second time around it did not hold up. Perhaps it was the narration, but Chris came across as whiney and desperate more than sexy and struggling. And Beth was so insecure I want to shake her.
But I do give it props for the Kansas setting. Yay for stories set in the heartland!
October 8, 2015
HOLD THE PRESSES!
Crowley has discovered what's missing from most other adult romances, especially the love scenes. With each loving action of hero and heroine, we are made to understand what total sexual acceptance means to them. I'm in love with this author. I've been searching for something real like HERO'S HOMECOMING for quite some time. And now I've found it.
Crowley has discovered what's missing from most other adult romances, especially the love scenes. With each loving action of hero and heroine, we are made to understand what total sexual acceptance means to them. I'm in love with this author. I've been searching for something real like HERO'S HOMECOMING for quite some time. And now I've found it.
May 27, 2018
There was one bit in the middle that was written like it was building to a super cringey moment. I put down the book and didn't finish it for a week. But the moment didn't play out like I'd anticipated, based on the way it was written. Very strange that they'd choose to write it like that and give unnecessary anxiety to readers!
January 9, 2014
Another excellent book and another favorite. I ended up loving both of the stories in the Gifts of Honor anthology.
November 26, 2013
This was well done and probably very realistic (I can't say, as I don't have the right experiences). I enjoyed it.
August 11, 2016
An emotional love story very well written , smiled and cried all my way through reading it.
I received a free copy from netgallery in exchange for a honest review.
I received a free copy from netgallery in exchange for a honest review.
December 18, 2024
wounded soldier comes home at Christmas
January 9, 2020
This was a sweet short Christmas-themed second chance story. I liked especially the ending!
April 11, 2017
Very short novella about a 'last chance fling' romance with a soldier, and the reuniting after a traumatic war injury (blindness). The author handled the story well, but... it was just too short. It would've been *amazing* if she'd taken the time to write letters between the two, instead of telling us about how they connected. SHOW me. Flesh it out. It's good, but it could be SO MUCH better, and you don't have to work too hard to do it.
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