“Scott delivers another sensitive, touching look at the trials and tribulations of modern military life at Fort Hood, Texas … Readers will ache, cheer, and worry in all the right places.” ~Publishers Weekly (starred review)Welcome home to the great place, the home of America’s Army, where the men are strong and the women are tough enough to love them. There’s no crying in war. That’s what Reza …
There’s no crying in war. That’s what Reza Iaconelli believes with everything that he is – because its the only thing in his life that he’s been able to control. Running from the demons of his past, he’s given the his men everything, hiding the worry and fear beneath a gruff exterior. Nothing will stand in the way of him taking care of his men — especially not some direct commission head doc who can barely put on her uniform. He has no idea what she’s even doing in the Army, other than getting under his skin.
Emily may not know much about the Army but she knows that it’s terrible at taking care of soldiers. Running from a past that never accepted her, she’s looking for a place to belong. Emily isn’t fooled by Reza’s rough, angry exterior. Beneath the hard edges, she sees a man who’s hiding — using war as a means to escape the demons from his past.
When they collide over one of his soldiers, Reza faces his toughest challenge yet. As his efforts to remain sober start to fail, he’ll need to find the strength to do the one thing he’s never asked anyone: ask for help. And it may be more than he’s capable of.
“Scott delivers another sensitive, touching look at the trials and tribulations of modern military life at Fort Hood, Texas… tackling military suicides and the macho culture that contributes to them.” ~Publishers Weekly (starred review)
**Previously published as ALL FOR YOU as part of the Coming Home series**
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This is a re-release with new cover and branding.
Jessica Scott takes us right into the Army in this book. She’s managed to show us the issue of suicide within the military while enhancing the relationships of the people involved. I really have to go back and re-read the previous books. I love Reza and his friendship with Clare but I am fuzzy on those details since it’s been a while since I read these books.
Emily is the new Psychiatrist at the hospital at Fort Hood, she joined the Army much to her parents dismay and really hopes she can make a difference.
Things seem to be unraveling as Reza has two soldiers he needs to keep an eye on. One for his medical discharge and the other for continually reporting to hospital instead of for duty.
Not pulling any punches, Jessica tells it like it is, complicated and frustrating on many levels.
Reza with his alcohol addiction, Emily with her own insecurities we watch them grow not only as a couple but also as the soldiers they are.
I’m going back to the beginning of this series now that I remember why I love them so very much.
A PLACE CALLED HOME, originally titled ALL FOR YOU, is a fascinating look into the emotional and mental issues that enter into the transition that soldiers must make between life on the front and coming home. Sergeant First Class Reza Iaconelli’s first loyalty is to his men, and back at Fort Hood t doesn’t take him long to butt heads with a direct commission captain without any experience in the field. Army Captain Emily Lindberg is convinced of one important thing—that the Army doesn’t do a very good job at taking care of its soldiers.
When Iaconelli gets in Captain Lindberg’s face, she doesn’t back down. She sees beneath the rough exterior and discovers a man who cares deeply for his soldiers, a man using war to escape the mistakes of his past as he fights to stay sober.
These two mismatched characters form a bond that appears fragile at the beginning, but as Reza learns to trust the captain, and as she learns more about the man she’s trying to understand even as she’s beginning to care for him, the intensity between them is almost too painful to read. I absolutely loved this book, the way Emily’s inner strength is the perfect foil to Reza’s anger and his inability to fix what is broken—in a couple of his soldiers as well as himself.
Jessica Scott is an amazingly talented author. When I get into these stories, I know that she must have met her protagonists at some point during her overseas deployment, or maybe when she was a company commander at Fort Hood, Texas. She writes real people with real issues. The settings and the emotions, the problems her characters deal with, are totally believable and in so many instances, heartbreaking.
I’m enjoying reading these books back to back, even though I’ve already read many of them. The army may be the same, but each story is unique, the characters different and as I already said, so believable.
I definitely recommend this book. Emily is a wonderful character, and Reza Iaconelli is one of the sexiest heroes in any book yet. My hat is off to this talented author, though I think, sometimes, that her brilliant mind must be a very scary place.
This was a very interesting but very different twist to most romantic reads. The characters were far from perfect but I loved them anyway. It was also very insightful on the military and things that most don’t understand or choose to ignore. This is a rare book that I will save and more than likely read again.