Home in Your Arms

Sometimes home is a person.After her sweetheart Joe dies in a road accident, twenty-four hours after he returns from Army service, grieving Karla Payne slams the door on love. Five years later, Karla's tavern business is booming, and she owns her home, but forever love? She's had it, lost it and now the only thing to do is work so hard she forgets how lonely she is.Headed to interview for his first civilian job, retired career Army 1st Sgt. Zane Blackthorne can't resist visiting his late buddy's beloved Vermont hometown. He also can't resist looking up Joe's sweetheart, Karla, who is an alluring mix of bossy, brainy and beautiful. Loyalty to his brother-in-arms demands Zane fight his attraction to Karla. Besides, even if Karla wants him, she'll never love him.Can Zane say goodbye to the woman he has no right to call his own?Even if his only true home is in her arms?A small town, he falls first, love after loss, steamy, second chance romance with a stoic veteran and the independent woman who breaks through his reserve and might just break his heart.