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A Sweet, Texas Novella
A Sweet, Texas Novella
By: Candis Terry
Releasing May 19th, 2015
(Re-Issue with Additional Content)
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About The Book
Before Candis Terry’s wild Wilder brothers met
their matches, a soldier gets a homecoming in Sweet, Texas.
HE’S GIVEN
UP…
Army
Ranger, Lieutenant Aiden Marshall, fought in some of the most hellish corners
on earth and survived. Those closest to him, did not. When he returns home to
Sweet, Texas, he believes he’s broken and has lost everything-including his
soul. The only fair thing he can do is tell the woman who’s patiently waited
for him to come home-to move on with her life-without him.
BUT SHE
NEVER WILL
Sassy
waitress Paige Walker has no intention of walking away from the man of her
dreams. He gave his all for his country and served with honor. Now it’s time to
pull him from the darkness and give him hope. With a heap of love, the help of
the entire town, and a tail-wagging companion, Paige makes sure her hero knows
there’s no place like home sweet home.
My Review
I've been a fan of Candis Terry for a long time, but I think that HOME SWEET HOME is one of my favorites. Even though it is a novella, there are a lot of touching moments in a story that is very relevant today. Aiden is a hometown boy who has returned home from war, but he's not really there. He is totally numb inside and grieving the loss of the friends he has lost which includes an adopted dog that he wasn't allowed to bring back home. Even Paige, the girl he's known and loved since childhood, is having a hard time getting through to him.
Paige is my kind of heroine. She loves Aiden and while other women would have given up, she never does. Try, try, and try. And when it looks like she will never get through to Aiden, she enlists the town of Sweet to help her give her battle weary man...Hope. And his Home Sweet Home.
Whether you like romances about returning soldiers or stories about four-legged friends, do yourself a favor and read this wonderful addition to the Sweet, Texas series. Don't forget to read the * Author's Note below to find out about where Ms Terry found some inspiration for this story.
Paige is my kind of heroine. She loves Aiden and while other women would have given up, she never does. Try, try, and try. And when it looks like she will never get through to Aiden, she enlists the town of Sweet to help her give her battle weary man...Hope. And his Home Sweet Home.
Whether you like romances about returning soldiers or stories about four-legged friends, do yourself a favor and read this wonderful addition to the Sweet, Texas series. Don't forget to read the * Author's Note below to find out about where Ms Terry found some inspiration for this story.
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Meet The Author
Candis Terry was born and
raised near the sunny beaches of Southern California and now makes her home on
an Idaho farm. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a
Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has
remained the same: her passion for writing stories about relationships, the
push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own
happily ever after.
*A note from Candis about why she’s donating book sales to charity.
"The inspiration for HOME SWEET HOME came from an article I’d read about a soldier who been forced to leave the pup he’d rescued in Afghanistan because it wasn’t allowed to bring the animal back to the U.S. In writing the story I realized that rescue animals are a huge part of the romances I write. Since I’m prone to rescue four-legged friends in my personal life I thought that maybe I could help in a bigger way. When I started looking into rescue centers I was overwhelmed by not only the number of animals in need but the generosity of the volunteers who often nurse these animals back to health so they can be adopted. The love and loyalty of an animal is unconditional and I’d like to see them have the opportunity to be loved right back. I know I can’t help them all, but I hope these donations will help as many as possible."
Excerpt
“When did you get
home? Why didn’t your brother tell me? How long will you be home? Do you want
something to eat? Of course you do. Dumb question. Scratch that.”
Aiden couldn’t help
but smile as Paige fired off a volley of questions, then finished them off with
a random thought.
Just like old
times.
She’d always been
that girl.
The one who had a
million things going on all at once and tried to keep them all in order inside
her head. At times, she came off a bit scrambled even though, for the most
part, she had it more together than anyone he’d ever met. Aiden knew she saw
every day as a gift. She saw life as something priceless that should be hit at
full speed and explored twenty-four hours a day.
When they’d been
together, he’d managed to keep her in bed for several of those hours a day just
to show her that a lot could be accomplished in a prone position too. But even
then, between making love, she’d come up with a list of half a dozen things she
wanted to do that day, next week, or a year down the road. They’d done a hell
of a lot of exploring in those days, and even if he hadn’t been able to keep up
with her eagerness on the calendar, he managed to keep her enthusiasm busy in
other ways.
“A few days ago,”
he said, answering her first question, then followed up with the rest. “Ben
didn’t tell you because he didn’t know. And yes, I’d love a Diablo burger, a
double order of sweet-potato fries, and a marshmallow Snickers milk shake.”
It didn’t take a
rocket scientist to know immediately that she was hurt because he’d taken so
long to come see her. By rights, she should have been first on his list. And
she would have been, but he had obligations to visit Bobby’s and Billy’s folks.
And after those visits, he had barely been able to look at himself in the
mirror.
The wounded look in
her eye disappeared, and her smile reappeared. Apparently, she realized too why
he hadn’t come to see her first.
“Awww. Your
favorite foods.” She shifted her weight from one sexy hip to the other. “I’ll
bet you’ve been craving those for a long time.”
He’d been craving
her too, but that kind of thinking had to stop.
“Pretty much since
I boarded the plane for Afghanistan and left American soil.” Funny how the
moment you knew you couldn’t have something, you wanted it even more.
“Well, the wait is
over. You sit right there, and I’ll have Bud put your order on a rail.” Her
tennis shoes squeaked as she turned and rushed off into the kitchen.
With all day in
front of him and nothing to do, Aiden could watch her through the order window,
excitedly gesturing with her hands while she spoke with Bud. Still, he couldn’t
help wonder out loud … “A rail?”
The old man with
the bald head next to him nodded and grinned. “She’s puttin’ the hurry
up on it for you.”
“Oh.”
Guilt wrapped
around Aiden’s throat and gave a hard squeeze. The faster Paige moved, the
sooner he’d have to deliver the news. She looked so damned happy to see him, he
hated to burst her bubble. Hated to hurt her in any way. But it had to be done.
No matter how badly he might think he wanted it to be otherwise.
“For a man who’s
got a pretty woman like that scurrying around to make time to be with him, you
sure got a grim look on your puss.”
The man sitting
next to him, Chester Banks, was well into his eighties. He’d had more ex-wives
than Disneyland had rides. Over the years, his nose had grown, and his eyes had
sunk. He probably weighed all of a hundred pounds soaking wet, was bowlegged, and
wore his Wranglers so starched, his arthritic knees could barely bend. But
Chester had no qualms whatsoever about chasing the ladies who were at least six
decades younger.
“Probably matches
what’s inside my head,” Aiden verified.
“Oh?” A scraggly
gray brow lifted, and a smile broke across Chester’s wrinkled lips. “So you’re
saying the lovely Paige is up for grabs?”
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Thank you so much for hosting HOME SWEET HOME!
ReplyDeleteIt was my pleasure, Lisa. You can always count on Candis for a good story.
DeleteIt is such a good story. I really like her writing. She's a comfort read for me. I always know it's going to be good.
ReplyDeleteIt sure was good. Surely, one of my favorites.
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