A broken-hearted Ward Cartwright left town to join the army when his boyfriend Tyler Hughes turned his back on their love and married a woman. Ten years later, Tyler is a widower with two young boys, and Ward has returned home. He is hopeful he can re-establish his relationship with Tyler. Even though a decade has passed, Tyler still feels tied to the family-owned feed mill. He has folks depending on the mill for employment, there are his children to consider, they live in a small town, and ... But despite this, Tyler finds there are plenty of benefits to giving Ward a job in the mill -- lots of out-of-the-way places to explore Ward’s army-honed, muscular body. Just when Tyler resolves to live more openly with Ward, rumors begin to surface, not just at the mill, but at his sons’ school. Ward knows the upcoming battle is just as serious as anything he’s faced in Afghanistan. Instead of fighting for his country, the soldier is fighting for his lover’s heart. Will Ward finally emerge victorious, or will Tyler’s self-doubt and fear of prejudice win out again?

Welcome Home, Soldier

The next minute Tyler and Ward were holding onto each other and jumping up and down. Eddie and Jack looked up. Little Addy began running around and barking.


“Christmas just came early,” Tyler said.


“It’s not Christmas,” Jack said. “It’s only almost Halloween.”


“Then a trick just turned into a treat,” Ward said smiling his biggest smile.


Eddie shook his head and laughed. “You grown-ups say some pretty dumb stuff sometimes.”Chapter 26


Tyler was making spaghetti for dinner, Jack was lying on the floor next to the dozing puppy, and Ward and Eddie were joking back and forth and laughing as they set the table.


Tyler smiled as he stirred the spaghetti sauce. He’d almost thrown this all away. Tyler silently blessed Joe for breaking the promise to Ward by telling him what Ward had planned to do. If he hadn’t, who knew whether Tyler would have come to his senses in time or not.


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