Review: Another Amazing Chapter to an Amazing Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2014
There are a number of "Home" series out there focusing on gay couples and communities that develop around the original protagonists, and for the most part they are all excellent, heart warming and very sexy.  Among the best is Andrew Grey's "Love Means..." (Farm) series, which follows the exploits of residents and visitors in a farming community in Grey's native Michigan where love is found and tested every step of the way.  Central to these characters are Geoff and Eli, whose journey has continued to the point where they are probably one of the most powerful farm owners in the community and region, but who also provide the moral compass for the journeys in every one of the subsequent books.As a result, "Love Means... Patience" is perhaps the ultimate in bringing this crowd together for an extremely noble purpose--to help two war-affected Marines from different Iraq wars to cope with their PTSD factors and the cruel fates they suffered having been kicked out of the service before DADT was repealed.  Cody and Brick are forced to come together by the intervention of Eli, Geoff, the town deputy, Duane, and that wonderful, slightly madcap, character Adell.It is the latter--chief cook and bottle washer in the household--who starts things off with a seriously hilarious "bang"--a cast-iron pan shot which knocks the increasingly frazzled Cody out cold when she mistakes him for a robber in her kitchen.  After that the whole plot, love story and extraordinarily touching denouement come together in a book which simply makes you want to be proud of our service people, as well as to want to strangle those whose policies have ruined so many of their lives.However, you will not get mad at the end--you will see how we all can get even.  Get this one and you'll roll right through it with a smile, a tear and a warm heart.