Back to You

Jessica Scott — 2014

"Jessica Scott is an exciting new voice in romantic fiction who bursts upon the scene with an unputdownable debut novel!" --Robyn Carr, New York Times Bestselling Author on Because of You He's in for the fight of his life . . . Army captain Trent Davila loved his wife, Laura, and their two beautiful children. But when he almost lost his life in combat, something inside him died. He couldn't explain the emptiness he felt or bridge the growing distance between him and his family-so he deployed again. And again. And again...until his marriage reached its breaking point. Now, with everything on the line, Trent has one last chance to prove to his wife that he can be the man she needs ...if she'll have him . . . to win back his only love. Laura is blindsided when Trent returns home. Time and again, he chose his men over his family, and she's just beginning to put the pieces of her shattered heart back together. But when Trent faces a court martial on false charges, only Laura can save him. What begins as an act of kindness to protect his career inflames a desire she thought long buried-and a love that won't be denied. But can she trust that this time he's back to stay? (85,000 words)

Reviews

Lover of Romance @addictedtoromance

Jan 1, 2023

Back To You is the second book in the series and the first book and novella built up the conflict that we see arise in this story here. I was so intrigued as I always love a marriage in trouble type of story and in this one we see a big marriage in trouble and the realism of this felt so emotional and raw at times. My heart ached for both the hero and heroine as you can see how much they love each other but are also hurt and damaged in different ways. Seeing them learn to reconnect with each other was so endearing. Our hero has been withdrawn from his family and has been focusing on his deployments as facing up to the home life is easier to ignore if he is away. But our heroine, Laura is done being put second when she learns her husband volunteered for the last four deployments, that he would choose to be away from them especially when she came so close to losing him. But now its a year later since she delivered the divorce papers and he still can't sign them. When a traitor in his platoon has framed him for theft of military property, he needs Laura by his side, but more than that he wants to repair the damage he has caused and return to the man he was. We see journey in the growth of these characters as they work past the hurts and disappointments and try to find their way together. Seeing our hero reconnect with his wife and children was so precious and heartfelt. You can see how he is learning to face up to what the war has done to him and such healthy representation of this depression and psychological damage he is working to overcome and what a professional psychologist can do to help. I absolutely was won over by these characters and in their earnest to work through the challenges and become the couple that they were meant to be. This book was beyond beautiful and I adored seeing their journey!