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Patricia Rice captures the flavor of the tumultuous 1970s in "Home Is Where the Heart Is." Thomas returns from Vietnam missing part of his foot, bringing with him the ghost of his best friend—and hardly daring to hope that his antiwar high-school sweetheart will still love him.
In "Heart Crossings," Linda Madl takes us back to 1918, where Brian Mason must honor a promise he made to his twin sister, who died while he was fighting in The Great War. Thoroughly disbelieving, he asks psychic medium Amanda Sherman to contact his sister on "the other side." But Amanda knows it’s Brian’s own grieving, cynical soul that needs to be brought back to the land of the living.
For Rebecca York’s "A Hero’s Welcome," we take a leap into the future, where rebel Ben-Linkman has won a hero’s boon, helping his enslaved people take control of their Earth-colonized planet. But nobody except Kasi, daughter of his former master, can give him what he wants most: her heart.
Then it’s back to the States for Mallory Kane’s "A Better Man." Lying ill in a Union prison, Jared is rescued by his Confederate officer brother. Rob leads Jared home, charging him to take care of Christianne, Rob’s wife, and leaving him on the doorstep, unconscious. But when Jared awakens, under Christianne’s care, he doesn’t know how he can honor his pledge to Rob when being with Christianne, whom he’s loved in silence since childhood, breaks his heart.
In the fantasy world of CB Scott’s "The Sacrifice," Aedon McNair left his wife Kiara to fight for what he believed was a righteous cause. But after two years in an enemy prison, all he believes in is his love for Kiara—and he’ll go to any lengths to return to her. But will she ever forgive him for what he’s sacrificed to be with her again?
"The Dreamer" by Diane Chamberlain brings us back to the real present. Once, Brian Meyerson dreamed of being a doctor. But for fourteen years he’s dreamed only of the day in Kuwait, during Desert Storm, when a mistake he made cost him his leg, his peace of mind, and the woman he loved. The woman, Cindy Gold, has returned, but how can he dare hope she might help him exorcise the nightmare that haunts him?
Medieval romance lovers will revel in Lucy Grijalva’s "Shadow of the Rose." Sir Thomas Kelham doesn’t mean to skewer Lady Cecily Bowen with his sword. He was trying to save her life, not take it. He keeps watch at the young widow’s deathbed despite that it postpones his mission: to avenge King Richard III’s death by killing the usurper Henry Tudor. During the long night, Thomas learns that Cecily has no intention of giving up—and she has a plan to save her home that’s in opposition to his own quest. He also learns there’s far more to the lady than meets the eye.
Catherine Asaro gives us a glimpse of the universe of her award-winning Skolian saga in "The Shadowed Heart." Squadron leader Jason Harrick should be dead. The only one of four empathically linked pilots to survive a space battle, as well as the crash of his Jagfighter, he doesn’t know how to go on living. But when Rhose Canterhaven finds him haunting the ruins of a technology park, Harrick wonders if he’s found a woman with the courage, the compassion . . . and the special gift he most needs . . . to heal his shattered soul.
Candice Kohl’s "Another Man’s Shoes" takes us to the British colony of Georgia, where we meet two wounded men with nothing in common but their first names. Rebel Nicholas Gans dies in Redcoat Nicholas Sutcliffe’s arms, but in passing, Gans bestowes upon Sutcliffe a precious gift—if Sutcliffe can find the courage to claim the gift as his own.
Finally, in "The Stargazer’s Familiar," Mary Jo Putney has created a hero who . . . well . . . actually, no, I don’t think I’ll tell you. I’ll let you find out for yourself about the handsome and courageous Leo.
So grab a box of tissues and get comfortable. Be ready to cry for a few more wounded heroes. But, because romances are about happy endings, also be prepared to smile and cheer as these ten worthy men defeat their personal demons . . . and, in doing so, find the love and happiness they long for and deserve.
Mary Kirk October 2004
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