BB Jones has a very nice life, if it’s a little lonely. When her sister calls her to take a job in a pinch, she’s not enthused. She doesn’t need the money and the job itself seems a little dirty- greet a Navy SEAL home, pamper him for three days, then leave. The fact that the man has no one else to welcome him home sways her to take the job. Lincoln Bezel is greeted on the tarmac with one of the … of the nicest hugs he’s ever gotten by one of the most beautiful women he’s ever seen. The fact that she’s there for him stuns him, and intrigues him. He agrees to the three day pampering, but within a few hours he knows it’s going to be hard, no, impossible, to let her go. When he’s deployed before the contract is complete, he believes his little stretch of paradise is over.
Because why would she come back? There was no way she could have fallen in love with him in two days. Right?
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Link and BB
This was excellent! Super Hot and Super Emotional, what started out as an above board service evolves rapidly into so much more. Loved this journey from LoL banter to the edge of your seat worry and tears. Such a great concept and getting an HEA for Link and BB after a deployment goes horribly wrong.
Now I’ve got the next book in the series on preorder!
BB Jones, is a well known cartoonist. Her sister, Caroline, owns a company called Helping Hands, Healing Hearts. A concierge service for military families . When Caroline calls BB for help with a new job, BB ends up on the tarmac when a plane filled with SEALs arrives. She has been hired to greet and spend 3 days with Lincoln Bezel. A man who has no family meeting him and secretly envies his fellow “brothers”. But this time the surprise is on him , when BB greets him with a hug.
The story is sweet, touching, at times heartbreaking , but also heartwarming.
Though it’s a romance, it’s also a story that reminds of the sacrifices the brave men and women who serve our country, as well as their families, make for us in the name of freedom. Sacrifices that at times end up with them being hurt, not only physically but also psychologically.
Kudos to the author for that reminder and also the reminder that we , as a nation, need to do more for them.
I was entrusted a copy of this book. The opinions expressed are solely my own.
A very touching start
To a wonderful series. Caroline runs a service to help military personnel & their families. Things like making sure services are set up before or after a move it a deployment. Both her parents are military so she and her siblings understand. BB is one such sister that she had to call for a guy coming home with his DEAL team with no one. Linc thought he eyes were deceiving him someone was on the tarmac waiting for him. It’s the beginning of a beautiful story.
Healing Home is J.M. Madden’s first book in her new series, “Helping Hands, Healing Hearts.” This title refers to the name of a business that carries that name. It is the creation of Carolina who explains it as “an all inclusive concierge service” that caters to military families.
Carolina and her sisters grew up as Army brats since both of her parents were in the military. Even though military families receive a lot of support, she is very aware that there are many needs that no one addresses. Because of this, Carolina created a business that would fulfill some of these extra needs.
In this novel, Helping Hands has agreed to help Lincoln Bezel. Lincoln is a Navy Seal who has been away for three months on a very difficult mission. Since his parents are dead and he is divorced, there is never anyone to welcome him home after his long missions.
The wives of his fellow SEALs are aware how painful this is for Lincoln. They have decided to pay Helping Hands to provide someone to greet him at the plane and to help make his first three days less lonely.
BB Jones is Carolina’s sister. Even though she is a cartoonist, she often helps Carolina when she needs her. Therefore, when Carolina asks, she agrees to give this lonely SEAL the welcome he has always longed for.
This story is about two strangers who meet at an airport and instantly find there is a mutual attraction and a lot respect for each other. I thoroughly enjoyed watching BB and Lincoln evolve into a loving couple.
Very few authors are as skillful as J.M. Madden in creating truly realistic military men and women. It is this skill that makes this book a fantastic read.
Healing Home by J.M. Madden is a contemporary romance that will suck you in and keep you glued to your e-reader until the end. BB is a well-known cartoonist but when her sister, owner of Helping Hands, Healing Hearts, asked her to take on a job, she agreed to spend 3 days welcoming a soldier home. Lincoln, unlike his SEAL brothers, had no great desire to go home from deployment. He had nobody waiting for him…until he found BB waiting with a sign with his name on it. BB and Lincoln’s story is packed with drama, humor and sizzle. I loved this fun book, but then I love all of Ms. Madden’s books. Healing Home is book 1 of the Helping Hands, Healing Hearts Series but can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
I really liked the overall story line. I liked the business that Carolina had and how it brought BB and Lincoln together. Really a cute story with great characters. Looking forward to more of this series!
Wow just wow this is one awesome book that really tells how just a hug to a returning SEAL can make a difference to him. But with Lincoln and BB is the best hug he’s ever had but first he needs to find out who she is and why she’s there to greet him.
BB Jones a syndicated cartoonist with a French bulldog with an attitude is asked by her sister, Caroline, to meet Lincoln Bezel when his team returns from a op that has two men injured. Little does he know that his LT’s wife Mary has contracted Helping Hands to meet him nor does she know that in 2 days she’s fall for him. But part of the contract is no sex-can Linc and BB resist or will they act on their attraction to each other?
Lincoln Bezel is surprised to see a woman holding a sign when he returns but its the hug that she gives him that will start a healing of his bruise soul and heart. But fall in love in two days is that even possible? He even wins out Frankie her dogs heart who’s very protective of her owner. When a hostage crisis go south and he protects the hostages will she be there when he goes home? Can they forge a life together?
Loved this book and can’t wait to read Wicked, Luca and Erika’s story in a few days.
A new series from JM Madden, YES PLEASE!
What a book! A book that was filled with emotions, love and a understanding. These two were so cute. You instantly fell in love with BB. Her personality and her demeanor are so easy going that she is easy to fall for. She’s witty and very humble.
Lincoln Bezel is getting home from a deployment and is shocked to see someone waiting for him. When she opens her arms and hugs him, his entire world changes.
BB is helping her sister out with a job. What she never intended was for her life to change in just two days. But the sparks fly with these two and we watch as they both fall.
JM Madden has captivated us with this story and I ant wait for more in this series.
Highly recommended!!
I am a huge JM Madden fan and this book does not disappoint. Link and BB’s story
drew me in and had me rooting for them from the start. A great read and the start
of a new series that I am looking forward to reading. Enjoy!
Don’t stop at two. There needs to be more in the series. Loved how the characters came together.
This book made me feel light-hearted and hopeful from the very first page i read. This story was just perfect. BB was hired by the Helping Hands, Healing Hearts company run by her sister to meet a Navy Seal coming home from deployment and spend three days with him giving him some TLC but not sex. Link was shocked when he saw a beautiful woman holding a sign with his name on it as soon as he got off the plane. When he headed towards her, she dropped the sign and threw her arms around him holding him tightly. It felt like heaven for both of them and neither wanted to let go. Theirs is a beautiful and delightful love story. J.M. Madden at her best!
What an exceptional start for this series! JM’s books consistently portray military men (and women) in the most brutally honest way possible. It’s not all sunshine and roses, but it is real and emotional and relatable. I loved BB’s honesty and compassion, as well as her lighthearted humor. She doesn’t hesitate to provide whatever Linc needs after his deployment, and she turns out to be exactly what he needs to ease his mind. Their story is not without an unexpected twist, but together they can overcome anything. This book has humor, romance, and suspense; I cannot wait for the next book in this series.
Lincoln was so alone, hated home comings everyone had some one to come home to. Not him he had thought so at one time but she had just used him. BB love doing her comic strip and occasionally help her sister with her helping hand projects. This one all she had to do was be there to welcome a soldier home. His friends had hire their company to do this. How sad to not have any one to come home to . Wow the emotion will carry you threw a amazing journey with some spectacular characters. OH JM Madden you are a amazing writer and although Lost and Found is the best series ever I think you are preparing us for some more amazing characters tear jerking journeys and a series that we are absolutley going to fall in love with I cant wait to read more of these heart warming stories
Wonderful Book
I absolutely Loved This Book! I started the 1st page and did not close the book until I had finished it.
I highly recommend this wonderful book!
J. M. Madden is a great author and you can’t help but enjoy her books.
Wow, another new series to embrace!
BB Jones is a cartoonist who makes a good living. She is independent, has a lot of family, and has a wonderful French bulldog named Frankie. Frankie is a total doggie diva! But what she doesn’t have is love. She thought she had it once but that didn’t work out.
Her sister Carolina owns a company that helps military families with things like moving, transportation, or in this case someone to be there when the troops come home. Carolina talks BB into welcoming home Lincoln Bezel because he has no family or wife to welcome him home. The wives of the other members of his squad went to Carolina for help.
This story is wonderful. I love the idea of a company like this to help out military families with whatever they need. I would totally sign up for that. This story was a quick read and over way to soon. It was filled with funny moments, some provided by the doggie diva herself. It drove home how important the work of the soldiers is to our freedom and that they all deserve to have someone to welcome them home.
This is the beginning of another series to fall in love with from Ms. Madden. The fact that she incorporates dogs with attitude and personality is an added bonus. This story will make you laugh and bring light to the struggles of military families and what they endure. It may even break your heart a little.
Great story about a company who provide for military and families. BB is called to welcome home a military guy who didn’t have anyone. She was contracted for a few days, to meet him at the plane, help around the house. But then feelings got involved and he was called on another mission before the contract was up. Action, tragedy and love all in one book.