Title: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Series: Always a Marine #10 | The Challenge
Series
Author: Heather Long
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Interracial
Romance, Military Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Format: Ebook
Length: 90 pages \ 25000 words
Book Description:
Have you ever woken up every day
afraid of everything?
For single
mom and widow Melody Carter, six months passed since an IED ripped her life
apart. Everyone is sympathetic and offers platitudes of comfort and support.
Everyone thinks they know why she’s grieving but Melody isn’t mourning her
broken heart. She’s ashamed to be grateful her abusive husband won’t hurt her
anymore and scared for her child. Born with a mild heart defect, her daughter
needs lifesaving surgery and with her funds tight and her emotional scars
tighter, she’s running out of options. When she receives an offer for
assistance from Mike’s Place, can Melody put her faith in the men her husband
called friend?
Have you ever woken up, day after day,
to discover your body’s betrayal?
Marine
Captain, Joe Anderson Cooper, received the Silver Star for Valor when he led
his unit through heavy fire to rescue fellow Marines. Despite numerous
injuries, the Captain refused medical aid, insisting that the medics attend
others. A broken back and shattered bones put Captain Cooper in a wheelchair
and every day is a battle to keep his recovery on track and his sanity intact.
When a single mom moves in to the apartment next door to his and he recognizes
a kindred—damaged—soul, can he overcome her fear and be the man she’s always
needed?
Can these two lonely souls rise to the
challenge or will their scars trap them forever?
Also be sure to check out the rest of the Always a
Marine series!
Excerpt:
Letting
herself out of the apartment, she locked up and turned to find her neighbor
locking his door. He caught sight of her and smiled. “Good morning.” His deep
baritone hummed over her senses. She appreciated the low voiced greeting.
“Good
morning.” She wanted to say something more, but her brain locked up around the
words. He eased his wheelchair back until nearly off the sidewalk and motioned
for her to precede him. Biting her lip, she found another smile for him. “Thank
you.” Her heartbeat accelerated and sweat cooled her spine. She didn’t hug the
wall, but she couldn’t help widening the distance between them.
The wheels
made the faintest squeaking noise after she passed, and she glanced back to see
him following her down the path toward the parking lot. Maybe she should have
offered to push. He wore an olive green t-shirt and a matching pair of slacks,
though they were cut up the side of the large cast encasing his right leg from
mid-thigh to his toes.
He—Joe, he
said his name was Joe—met her gaze and gave her another easy smile. His eyes
crinkled at the corners and the dimple in his cheek deepened. The sidewalk
widened and she slowed to let him catch up.
“I’m sorry.
I’m not the best company this morning.”
“No worries,
ma’am. Little ones take a lot out of a body.” The buttery softness of his voice
washed over her like a soothing balm—like the night before when he knocked on
her door and introduced himself. He scared the hell out of her, but not in the
same breath.
I must be
tired. I have no idea what I’m feeling from one moment to the next. As if summoned by her thought,
fatigue wavered through her and she stumbled. The diaper bag swung down her
arm. She couldn’t catch it and hold the baby at the same time. Joe stopped the
bag’s arc, and gave her a chance to catch her balance.
“May I?” He
offered, still holding the bag.
May he what…? He wanted to carry the bag for
her and she winced. It was heavy and he…
“I have
plenty of room and then you don’t have to worry about it taking you off balance
again.” The sound logic quashed her natural objections. She shifted Libby
carefully and let the strap fall off her arm. Her internal alarms sounded.
Giving him the bag didn’t give him some kind of power over her, but her gut
tightened at the surrender of her possession.
He settled
the bag against his lap and nodded encouragingly. “Just point me to your car…”
“Oh, I don’t
drive. Well, I do but I’m not driving here. I’m actually just staying here for
a few weeks and I’m waiting for the shuttle.” She tacked the last on with a
grimace. “And apparently I’m as muddleheaded for real as I feel. Sorry. Thank
you. The shuttle is scheduled to pick us up here in about…” She couldn’t look
at her watch.
“Two
minutes.” The captain supplied. “I’m waiting for the same shuttle.” His warm
brown gaze turned studious. “Are you okay?”
About the Author:
Heather Long
lives in Texas
with her family and their menagerie of animals. As a child, Heather skipped
picture books and enjoyed the Harlequin romance novels by Penny Jordan and Nora
Roberts that her grandmother read to her. Heather believes that laughter is as
important to life as breathing and that the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and
Santa Claus are very real. In the meanwhile, she is hard at work on her next
novel.
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~MY REVIEW~
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by
Heather Long
My rating:
5 of 5 stars
What a fantastic read!! Ladies do not go into this one looking for steam! It is not that kind of read...until the end!! This is a touching story of two wounded people finding each other and addressing a need in each other. I like that they do not rush into anything. They feel the whole love at first sight but do not skip the meaningful getting to know you stuff! It is a nice short read, novella length, but I would not have minded a longer read with more of their story.
Nice steam at the end but that isn't really what this tale was about. A very nice addition to the Always a Marine series. A step away from the 1Night stand format of some of the other books in the series!
When is Matt going to get his love story!! I am so impatient!!
Cover Art - Sweet and sexy!! Draws you into this interracial romance!
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