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Tender Absolution
Rediscover this emotional favorite by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, previously published as He's My Soldier Boy
Carlie Surrett has never been able to forget the love of her life, Ben Powell. But after a terrible falling out, Ben leaves to join the army, and leaves Carlie heartbroken
Now, Ben is back in town, and both he and Carlie are older and wiser. And despite a lifetime of hurt, will an old flame prove to burn just as hot as before?
Originally published in 1994.
Carlie Surrett has never been able to forget the love of her life, Ben Powell. But after a terrible falling out, Ben leaves to join the army, and leaves Carlie heartbroken
Now, Ben is back in town, and both he and Carlie are older and wiser. And despite a lifetime of hurt, will an old flame prove to burn just as hot as before?
Originally published in 1994.
- GenresRomance
217 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 1994
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About the author
Lisa Jackson
272 books9,631 followersLisa Jackson is the number-one New York Times bestselling author of over ninety-five novels, including the Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya Series, the Pescoli and Alvarez Series, the Savannah series, and numerous stand alone novels. She also is the co-author of One Last Breath, Last Girl Standing, and the Colony Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Nancy Bush, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan. There are over thirty million copies of her novels in print and her writing has been translated into twenty languages.
Before she became a nationally bestselling author, she was a mother struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them. Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.
With dozens of bestsellers to her name, Lisa Jackson is a master of taking readers to the edge of sanity—and back—in novels that buzz with dangerous secrets and deadly passions. She continues to be fascinated by the minds and motives of both her killers and their pursuers—the personal, the professional, and the downright twisted. As she builds the puzzle of relationships, actions, clues, lies, and personal histories that haunt her protagonists, she must also confront the fear and terror faced by her victims and the harsh and enduring truth that, in the real world, terror and madness touch far too many lives and families.
Visit http://www.LisaJackson.com where you can find a Media Kit with photos and more information.
Before she became a nationally bestselling author, she was a mother struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them. Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.
With dozens of bestsellers to her name, Lisa Jackson is a master of taking readers to the edge of sanity—and back—in novels that buzz with dangerous secrets and deadly passions. She continues to be fascinated by the minds and motives of both her killers and their pursuers—the personal, the professional, and the downright twisted. As she builds the puzzle of relationships, actions, clues, lies, and personal histories that haunt her protagonists, she must also confront the fear and terror faced by her victims and the harsh and enduring truth that, in the real world, terror and madness touch far too many lives and families.
Visit http://www.LisaJackson.com where you can find a Media Kit with photos and more information.
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June 19, 2022
Not my favorite but it was still good.
On one faithful night Carlie Surret and Ben Powell spent a few hours together that now 10 years later Ben is freshly out of the army and Carlie back from Alaska and are back in their home town for Ben's sisters wedding. Ben still holds the past against Carlie. Can they work through all their problems......
On one faithful night Carlie Surret and Ben Powell spent a few hours together that now 10 years later Ben is freshly out of the army and Carlie back from Alaska and are back in their home town for Ben's sisters wedding. Ben still holds the past against Carlie. Can they work through all their problems......
June 20, 2017
The male MC is a jerk. I had to make myself finish this one. I feel like the author felt the same way.
July 12, 2013
The Hero in this story was a jerk, who's displaced anger at the heroine was a lil over the top, and carried on for 12 years. I really didn't care for him at all found him to be too self serving. In my opinion the heroine wasted too much time on trying to build trust and a relationship with him. I also felt the ending was rushed, yeah he went back and read the letters and confronted Tracy. This story was not one that I enjoyed that much.
June 17, 2013
Listened to the audio book. It was pretty predictable but what made it tough for me was I didn't like the male lead and found myself rooting against him.
November 3, 2014
Quite good for a Harlequin. Lisa Jackson always entertaining.
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