Coming Home by April Zyon is the 1st in her Massey, TX series of f/m contemporary western romances (may be on the erotic side) set in the eponymous small town, this installment starring an ex-Marine who returns home to his ailing father and meets the doctor who has become a family friend in his absence, free courtesy of publisher Evernight and All Romance eBooks as their Earth Day Countdown giveaway selection for April 7th.
This has a medium 3 out of 5 flames on the ARE heat index, however, it's also filed under the category of Erotic Romance, which may or may not mean that it just has a lot of plot to go with some very steamy sexyfuntimes, or someone misfiled either the flame rating or the category. The rest of the series is similarly a mix of 3-4 stars and mostly filed under Erotic even for the 3-star books, so who knows what's going on there and YMMV.
Currently free until just before midnight Central Time on April 8th @
All Romance eBooks (DRM-free choice of formats available worldwide). If you happened to miss it, yesterday's 3-flame f/m historical British Navy vs pirates starring a plucky kidnapped cross-dressing girl physician disguised as a boy apprentice is still free for a limited time:
Sea Change by Darlene Marshall.
If you should happen to like this and wish to read more in this setting, you're in luck, because there are no fewer than 8 more titles in
the series thus far, and should you wish for some paranormal fantasy instead, there's a number of those listed on the
author's page @ ARE, where all her books are eligible for the standard ARE Buy 10 Get 1 Free deal as well as their other periodic rebate offers.
Description
After sixteen years in the Marine Corps, Rhys Hollister is returning to Massey, Texas with a heavy weight bearing down on him. His father’s life hangs in the balance, marring any pleasure he finds in coming back home. Finally meeting Gwen Baker, his father’s doctor and family friend, comes as an unexpected pleasure in a time of such sadness.
Having never met the elusive Rhys, though she knows his mother and sister well, Gwen gets quite the shock when she first sets eyes on the man. There’s a connection between them, deeper than either have ever felt, and one strong enough to last a lifetime. The timing isn’t ideal, but their feelings won’t be denied forever.
All it takes is a celebration, some time alone together, and a mutually burning desire hot enough to rival a Texas summer. When they are in each other’s arms, it’s just like coming home.