Release Blitz & Review: The Way Back Home by Carmen Jenner

RELEASE BLITZ

Title: The Way Back Home

Author: Carmen Jenner

Genre: Military Romance

Release Date: May 29, 2017

BLURB

August Cotton shouldn’t be here. When a tragic accident calls him home to Magnolia Springs, this returned Veteran adds his parents to the list of things he’s lost in recent years, right along with his IED detection dog and his left leg. As the sole guardian of his four-year-old sister, August must rely on his Marine training in raising a tiny hellion who’s as stubborn as he is. But the Corps could never prepare him for this. Nor could they prepare him for Olivia Anders, a woman who’ll stop at nothing to get her way.

As owner of Paws for Cause, Olivia is no stranger to the broken men and women who return home from war. She’s no stranger to broken dogs either. In fact, she’s made it her mission to pair the two and enrich both of their lives, but pairing ornery and aloof August Cotton will take some work. The last thing August wants is some pushy southern woman occupying his parents’ bed and breakfast and forcing him to open up about the hell he narrowly escaped, but that’s exactly what Olivia intends.

They complete one another, and yet they can’t stand to be in the same room.

Can Olivia make this hardened Marine feel again and finally show his heart the way back home?

*** Intended for a mature 18+ audience only. This book may contain triggers for some readers.

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EXCERPT

He eliminates the distance between us. His free hand snakes around my waist and pulls me up against his hard body, but he doesn’t lean in, not even when I reach up on my tiptoes. It feels as if I’m waiting on the edge of a precipice, afraid that I’ll fall and terrified that I won’t.

“Kiss me, August.”

He exhales and presses a kiss to the top of my hair. His arms tighten, and he whispers, “I can’t.”

The whole world comes crashing down around me. I glare at him and pull free of his grasp, willing away the tears that threaten to spill from my eyes.

AUTHOR BIO

Carmen Jenner is a thirty-something, USA Today and international bestselling author. Her dark romance, KICK (Savage Saints MC #1), won Best Dark Romance Read in the Reader’s Choice Awards at RWDU, 2015. A tattoo enthusiast, hardcore makeup addict and zombie fangirl, Carmen lives on the sunny North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, where she spends her time indoors wrangling her two wildling children, a dog named Pikelet, and her very own man-child.

A romantic at heart, Carmen strives to give her characters the HEA they deserve, but not before ruining their lives completely first … because what’s a happily ever after without a little torture?

PUBLISHED TITLES TO DATE:

Welcome to Sugartown (Sugartown Series #1)

Enjoy Your Stay (Sugartown Series #2)

Greetings from Sugartown (Sugartown Series #3)

Now Leaving Sugartown (Sugartown Series #4)

Sugartown: The Collection

REVELRY (Taint #1)

KICK (Savage Saints MC #1)

TANK (Savage Saints MC #2)

Finding North Toward the Sound of Chaos

Harley & Rose

AUTHOR LINKS

Website: http://www.carmenjenner.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carmen-Jenner/274005066033305

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmenjennerauthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarmenJAuthor

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6547659.Carmen_Jenner

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Carmen-Jenner/e/B00GEUI8VI/

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My Review

The Way Back Home is a gripping story chock full of raw emotion. It's a military romance but it's also so much more.

August is a Marine who was injured in combat, resulting in the loss of his leg and an honorable discharge. Now, after losing both of his parents to a tragic accident, he has become the sole guardian of his 4-year-old sister. August has scars and not just the ones that are visible. He is constantly battling his demons and doesn't feel as though he deserves or needs help to conquer them.

Olivia matches service dogs with war veterans. She moves to town to open a kennel and hopefully work with a couple of the local veterans- August being one of them. While she does not know what it's like to go to war, Olivia has had her share of traumatic experiences and she does know pain and what it's like to feel empty and unworthy.

August and Olivia have great chemistry and you will root for them as a couple, but as I mentioned above, this story isn't just about the romance. It's about struggle, support, hurt and healing. It's angsty, it's intense, it's real and it's hopeful.

TWBH is a lengthy novel, coming in at 44 chapters plus an epilogue, but at no point did I want to put it down. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this story! One of my favourite military romance novels to date.