num_pages: 160
description: Best Ebook Romances of 2013  Library Journal Buy it. Read it. Have lots of Kleenex on hand. Scott's stories are always powerful and emotional but they're honest she doesn't jerk you around or manipulate you. The power of the stories and of the characters emotions gets into you and sweeps you away. - Bea's Book NookMeet the lovable smart ass who can always crack a joke and the woman who loves him more than life itself. Vic Carponti always has a joke  no matter how bleak the situation might be. Hes the guy who can make jokes in the middle of a firefight in Baghdad or when hes getting sewn back up after getting blown up. But his sense of humor hides a fierce loyalty to the men he serves with and a devotion to his wife who he loves more than life itself. But theres nothing funny about warBut as he prepares to leave on his latest deployment into the violent throes of the Surge in Iraq his jokes dont seem as funny to his wife. Nicole forces herself to laugh at his redeployment antics but behind her laughter hides the darkest fear of every Army wife  that the knock on the door may be the news that destroys her world. They both try to make the best of the deployment but when the phone doesnt ring for a few days Nicole starts to worry. And when the dreaded call comes telling her hes been hurt shell move heaven and earth to be there when her husband wakes up.I wont spoil it but it will give you hope laughter and tears!  Romancing Rakes
language: English
title: I'll Be Home For Christmas
publisher: Jessica Scott