The Long Road Home

John Roster is flying to his childhood home in Maine after a medical discharge from the Army. No one will be there to welcome him home other than his cranky grandfather… a personality trait the two men share. No job. No friends. And with a storm canceling all flights at the moment, no plane to catch.

Lucy Carrington’s special project for her history class has come to an end. The letters they had written to a fellow-Maine soldier had stopped now that he was leaving the military. Staring at the picture of the handsome soldier with the haunted eyes, she wished they could meet in person. One day, in the middle of their lesson, he appeared. He’s much more gorgeous in person… and just as haunted.

John expected a matronly teacher to greet him, not the bright-eyed, friendly-smile, knock-out that made up the whole package of Lucy. Sparks fly, but he’s got a long way to go to have more to offer than a beat-up former soldier, so he’ll settle for friendship.

A new job offer with a prestigious security firm might lead him to the future he wants. A threat at her school thrusts him into the role of protector. Keeping her safe is his mission… earning her love is his goal. And a soldier never quits.

This is the second installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter what the road we travel, it seems our hearts are always searching for home. Join the Binge Read Babes on another trip home. Coming August 2022!

A reunion that took them both by surprise…

Can lightning strike twice and rekindle love?

Ian was ready to go home to good family and a new job. But a glance at a woman in the Atlanta Airport USO reminded him of someone years before when he'd spent a month by her side and in her bed. But they'd made no promises other than to enjoy the time they had in the middle of a war.

Vicki had served as an Army nurse but a call from home sent her back to the only woman who'd ever been family to her. But a chance meeting at a VA hospital rekindled something she thought was lost forever.

Ian and Vicki have a past but do they have a future?

He's willing to fight for it but she guards her heart. When danger strikes at the VA hospital, she and Ian won't stop until they uncover what is killing some of the elderly patients. But when she's taken hostage, Ian and his fellow Lighthouse Security Keepers race the clock to get to her in time.

Now, with an injury to his leg, he was scrambling to redefine what home was to him. The prospect of living with family felt stifling, and he yearned for a space to call his own.
But a chance meeting with a kid who tried to rob him sent him crashing into a world of homeless teens and the woman who tries to give them a home.

Charity recognized poverty and was determined to help the teens who passed through her center.

She didn’t have time for the handsome Oliver, but she couldn’t ignore the pull she felt for him, especially after he offered to help with the teens.

Danger lurks around the homeless center, and now she is a target.

Oliver and the Keepers of Lighthouse Security Investigations race to save Charity and the teens who need their help.

After twenty years as an Army Ranger and sniper instructor, Tyler Marconi arrives in Montana, his ghosts in tow, to say goodbye to his grandfather. A quiet, grief-filled moment in a hospital hallway unexpectedly introduces him to Justice McClay—her simple touch sparking something inside him he thought he'd lost forever.

Inheriting his grandfather's modest property places Tyler right next door to Justice, a fiercely independent woman fighting pressures from a relentless developer and family greed. As he finds himself drawn deeper into her battle, Tyler discovers a renewed sense of purpose—both in protecting the woman he never saw coming and joining Logan Bishop's elite Lighthouse Security team.

Together, Tyler and Justice must stand against the storm, risking everything for a chance at love—and home.

This book is a series crossover between The Long Road Home and Lighthouse Security Investigation Montana.