“The Military Wife
Hence, I can relate very well with Harper Lee Wilcox – the waiting and the worry when your husband is deployed. There is one difference between us though. My husband came home, hers didn’t. But, unfortunately, I know many military widows. And I can tell you, knowing one is too many already.
“The Military Wife
In a prose that almost reaches poetic, Laura Trentham tells the story that defending “flag and country” is not just for our men and women in uniform. Freedom is not free, and even the innocents, those of us who stay at home also pay the price.
I have read many stories based on military life and this one has been written with heart and went straight to my heart. Harper Lee Wilcox did not just tug at my heartstrings… she became my heartstrings as her story unfolded.
Tears were always near my eyes as I read every page. And yes, they fell in the end, but they were tears of happiness because Harper found her happily ever after.
“The Military Wife
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The Military Wife
Totally Engaging
I have read many stories based on military life and this one has been written with heart and went straight to my heart. Harper Lee Wilcox did not just tug at my heartstrings… she became my heartstrings as her story unfolded.
Description: The Military Wife
A young widow embraces a second chance at life when she reconnects with those who understand the sacrifices made by American soldiers and their families in award-winning author Laura Trentham’s The Military Wife.
Harper Lee Wilcox has been marking time in her hometown of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina since her husband, Noah Wilcox’s death, nearly five years earlier. With her son Ben turning five and living at home with her mother, Harper fights a growing restlessness, worried that moving on means leaving the memory of her husband behind.
Her best friend, Allison Teague, is dealing with struggles of her own. Her husband, a former SEAL that served with Noah, was injured while deployed and has come home physically healed but fighting PTSD. With three children underfoot and unable to help her husband, Allison is at her wit’s end.
In an effort to reenergize her own life, Harper sees an opportunity to help not only Allison but a network of other military wives eager to support her idea of starting a string of coffee houses close to military bases around the country.
In her pursuit of her dream, Harper crosses paths with Bennett Caldwell, Noah’s best friend and SEAL brother. A man who has a promise to keep, entangling their lives in ways neither of them can foresee. As her business grows so does an unexpected relationship with Bennett. Can Harper let go of her grief and build a future with Bennett even as the man they both loved haunts their pasts?
Image credits: Boardwalk by Khachik Simonian from Unsplash; Thunderbirds by Don Gilman; Military men departing by Skeeze; both from Pixabay.
