I'll Be Home for Christmas

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Title:

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Author:

Scott, Jessica

Subject:

Literature

Romance

Fiction

Description:

A military husband returns home in this steamy Christmas romance from the author that New York Times bestseller Robyn Carr calls "an exciting new voice in romantic fiction." There's nothing in the world Army Sergeant Vic Carponti loves more than his wife and his country. Smart-mouthed and easy tempered, he takes everything as a joke . . . except his promise to come home to his wife, Nicole, for Christmas. As he prepares to leave for his latest deployment into Iraq, Vic will do everything he can to shield his beautiful, supportive wife from the realities of war . . . and from his own darkest fears.As a career army wife, Nicole Carponti knows just what to expect from her husband's tour of duty: loneliness, relentless worry, and a seemingly endless countdown until the moment Vic walks through the door again. But when the unthinkable happens, Nicole and Vic's bond is tested like never before and changes everything they believe to be true about the power of love and the simple beauty of being home for the holidays.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing

Forever Yours

Date:

2013/11/05

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Language:

English

Summary

A military husband returns home in this steamy Christmas romance from the author that New York Times bestseller Robyn Carr calls "an exciting new voice in romantic fiction."
There's nothing in the world Army Sergeant Vic Carponti loves more than his wife and his country. Smart-mouthed and easy tempered, he takes everything as a joke . . . except his promise to come home to his wife, Nicole, for Christmas. As he prepares to leave for his latest deployment into Iraq, Vic will do everything he can to shield his beautiful, supportive wife from the realities of war . . . and from his own darkest fears.

As a career army wife, Nicole Carponti knows just what to expect from her husband's tour of duty: loneliness, relentless worry, and a seemingly endless countdown until the moment Vic walks through the door again. But when the unthinkable happens, Nicole and Vic's bond is tested like never before and changes everything they believe to be true about the power of love and the simple beauty of being home for the holidays.

Author Notes

USA Today bestselling author Jessica Scott is a career army officer; mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs; wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well-adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

She's written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View: Regarding War Blog, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn and has served as a company commander at Fort Hood, Texas.

She's pursuing a PhD in Sociology in her spare time and most recently, she's been featured as one of Esquire Magazine 's Americans of the Year for 2012.

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Library Journal Review

As soldiers from Fort Hood, TX, gather for an evening out with their wives the night before yet another yearlong deployment to Baghdad, all minds are filled with dread, fear, worry, and, because this is a contemporary romance novella, sex. The story features multiple plotlines involving several couples who will be separated, but the focus is on infantryman Vic Carponti and his wife, Nicole, who works in the army's Criminal Investigation Division. After deployment, the soldiers struggle with battle fatigue and the dynamics of the platoon, while the wives wait for emails and phone calls that will let them know that their husbands are safe. Scott, a former army captain who was in-country in Iraq, is able to provide much detail about the lives of the soldiers and their wives. She has previously written two works of nonfiction (To Iraq and Back and The Long Way Home) and seven novels. She was featured as one of Esquire magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012. Verdict Scott (Anything for You) provides a compassionate view of the separation experienced by military husbands and wives. The unfinished story lines allow for Scott to expand the "Coming Home" series of short stories and novellas.-Joyce Sparrow, Kenneth City, FL (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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