The Long Road Home

Series · 15

books · 2021-2024

By Abbie Zanders, Caitlyn O'Leary, Maryann Jordan, and more

Books in series

My Heart's Home

2021

Forty years old and starting over. And not sure where home was going to be. Chief Master Sergeant Cameron Freeland had a few job prospects but nothing that sparked much interest. And now… his flight was grounded, and he was stranded in an airport. At least, he could kill time in the USO. A chance meeting there altered his decision, and he boarded his plane to Hope City with an interview for the job of his dreams. Single mom, Mercy Cahill faced life and death struggles every day to protect herself and her daughter. Now hiding under a bridge in a homeless community, she needed was a break, a job, and a home somewhere her ex couldn't reach them. Cam's new job as a special investigator took him to the cardboard cottages, where he met Destiny, the little girl with the big green eyes and her mother. Involving himself deeper with the mother and daughter was a mistake but leaving them in that place was impossible. If only Mercy would trust him, he'd give her shattered heart a home.

Home to Stay

2021

Home is no longer the place he left… but it’s all he’s got. John Roster is flying to his childhood home in Maine after a medical discharge from the Army. No one will be there to welcome him home other than his cranky grandfather… a personality trait the two men share. No job. No friends. And with a storm canceling all flights at the moment, no plane to catch. Killing time at the USO in the airport, he bonded with a few fellow servicemen also waiting out the storm, as well as the irrepressible hostess who offered a suggestion… find a purpose by thanking someone who’d helped while he was stationed overseas. Lucy Carrington’s special project for her history class has come to an end. The letters they had written to a fellow-Maine soldier had stopped now that he was leaving the military. Staring at the picture of the handsome soldier with the haunted eyes, she wished they could meet in person. One day, in the middle of their lesson, he appeared. He’s much more gorgeous in person… and just as haunted. John expected a matronly teacher to greet him, not the bright-eyed, friendly-smile, knock-out that made up the whole package of Lucy. Sparks fly, but he’s got a long way to go to have more to offer than a beat-up former soldier, so he’ll settle for friendship. A new job offer with a prestigious security firm might lead him to the future he wants. A threat at her school thrusts him into the role of protector. Keeping her safe is his mission… earning her love is his goal. And a soldier never quits.

Finding Home

2021

Home is where the heart is. But what if you don't have one? When Jaxson Adams is forced out of the service on a medical discharge, he returns to his hometown to find that very little has changed. The problem is, he has. He’s no longer the carefree, wild child he’d once been. He’s seen and done things most people couldn’t imagine. Not in their dreams… and not in their worst nightmares. Even worse, he’s lost his sense of purpose. He doesn’t belong anymore. And no one understands. Then he finds the letters. Letters that change everything he thought he knew about his family and provide a new mission—to discover the truth and right decades-old wrongs in the process. Penny Hoffmeier is a romantic at heart, even if the only romance she sees is the stuff she makes herself. She takes great pleasure in creating the perfect bouquets for every occasion from her family’s florist shop in Sumneyville, PA. She’s a lover, not a fighter, but she likes scuttlebutt as much as the next girl, and the hot, former SEALs who set up a place for returning service men and women nearby are providing plenty of fodder these days. So far, she’s managed to stay neutral in the escalating tensions between some locals and the Sanctuary guys. However, when the brooding, sexy stranger comes to town with a shocking secret about one of their own, remaining quietly on the sidelines proves impossible. Will Jaxson be able to achieve his objective and move on with a clear conscience? Or will he make Penny his next mission?

Home Again

2021

Can he solve the mystery that has haunted him for years and set things right before it crumbles down around him and the woman who’s become entangled in his mess? Since two days before Sebastian’s eighteenth birthday, when he left home to join the Navy, he’s been runny away from the pain, the confusion, the terror and the guilt. But the Navy had made a man out of him, and now it was time to finally come to terms with his past, so he was going back. When he finds a new woman in town, unknowingly caught up in the chaos of his past, Sebastian knows time is running out. Then he finds himself entangled with Gianna on a much more personal basis and he wants time to stand still. Can he unravel the past and grab onto the future before it’s too late?

Home Front

2021

When ranking his rotten luck, it was hard to decide which topped the list. The injury that could end his career in the SEALs. The storm of the century that stranded him in Atlanta Airport. The naked man he found on top of his girlfriend . . . One thing was certain. Things couldn't get much worse. Then he met her. Super star. Super stuck up. Super sexy. Super engaged. It was just an odd job to tide him over while he waited to see if he'd heal enough to get back on the team. Close personal protection for a singer so famous even he'd heard of her. He was supposed to be her body guard. And guard her body he did. Day . . . and night. His new boss probably didn't have protection that close or that personal in mind. He wasn't supposed to fall for her. Then again, she wasn't supposed to be so smart, and funny, and wounded, and in need of saving. Now he has a decision to make. Quit the military career he'd worked half his life for and take the job as her permanent head of security, just to be near her. Forget about her and take any job his command would give him in his current broken condition. Or do the craziest thing of all. Confess his feelings and hope to make it work. With her. As a normal couple. A real couple, if that was even possible given who she was. It's an impossible decision, but he'll be damned if he'll let her stalker or his bullet make it for him.

Searching for Home

2022

This is the first installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, it seems our hearts are always Searching for Home. Join the Binge Read Babes on another trip home.

Home Port

2022

A Lighthouse Security Investigation West Coast crossover novel. Chris Andrews needs to go home. A new job awaits. A new opportunity. A new chance to build better memories. The last time he was there, he buried his father. The time before that, they had argued over his joining the Navy. Now, he needs to go home to start anew. But getting there turns out to be an adventure once the stoic Chris meets free-spirit Stella for a cross-country adventure. She opens his eyes to the beauty she sees in the world around her. But when she stumbles upon a secret someone wants to keep and her life is in danger, Chris is the man with the skills to keep her safe. And his new security co-workers jump in to help them both. Getting to California was his goal, but now finding a new home port with Stella will be his reward. A Lighthouse Security Investigation West Coast crossover novel.

Home Base

2022

So many secrets. Such a familiar place. After fifteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and start a family of his own. Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have. When Raven Blackstone returns to Birch Falls to settle her late father’s estate, she intends to close the book on that part of her life forever. But it’s not that simple. Not only does she discover dangerous family secrets lurking in every shadowy corner, the only man she’s ever loved is back in town too. And when he discovers the truth she’s been hiding from him all these years, he’s not as willing to walk away. This is the third installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, we're always heading for our Home Base.

Home Fires

2022

Navy SEAL Cal Swenson's going home has been a long time coming. Too bad his homecoming was based on a lie. And why did Granny feign dying to get him back to New York? That's the big question. The one he has to figure out before his leave is up, if he's not too distracted by fighting with his father, trying to keep his hands and his mind off a certain personal assistant, and solving the mystery of who's attempting to destroy the family business.

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Defending Home

2022

Will Two Tormented Souls Have The Courage To Reach For Love? The only family Nolan O’Rourke ever claimed were his Navy SEAL brothers, they had never let him down. His childhood wasn’t rough, it wasn’t hard, it was hell, and now any mission that he was assigned to was a cakewalk in comparison. When Nolan finds out that his mother, the woman who had made his childhood a nightmare, had died giving birth to his baby sister, it was decision time. Could he handle going back to Tennessee, even though he’d sworn never to step foot in Jasper Creek ever again? Mary Smith is in trouble. Fourteen months, five states and three names ago she was still on the run from a man who is intent on killing her. Now she finds herself in a trailer park in the middle of nowhere Tennessee, ready to run again at the slightest provocation. But she has a problem; a tiny bundle wrapped in a pink blanket. How could she have promised a dead woman that she’d take care of her baby? Will two people who don’t believe in trust or love, come together to save a life, and possibly make their own lives worth living?

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A Home For Love

A Hollister Series Crossover

2023

Life throws a curve ball Alex Thompson thought he’d live and die as a Delta Force Special Operator. Unfortunately, fate had different ideas. His career ended during a training exercise while stateside. Discharged and displaced after serving in the Army for twelve years, Alex had no idea where his life was heading. Life calls a time out Kayla Bryce traveled across several states to stay with her Uncle Phil and Aunt Sarah. After losing her mom, she had nothing to keep her in Utah. Armed with a small inheritance and the need to be around family, Kayla arrives in Hollister, South Dakota, for a visit and to figure out what life has in store for her. Destiny needs a gentle nudge It was just Alex’s luck that a snowstorm in the Great Lakes area snarled all the flights in Atlanta. Forced to spend the night in the airport, Alex finds the USO and a woman that might not be completely sane. Blessing has a way about her, and her words and encouragement set Alex’s course straight for the first time in months. Straight into the orbit of a feisty woman with big opinions, bigger dreams, and a smile that could melt the coldest snow drifts in South Dakota.

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Thinking of Home

2023

A wartime secret affair… A reunion that took them both by surprise… Can lightning strike twice and rekindle love? Ian was ready to go home to good family and a new job. But a glance at a woman in the Atlanta Airport USO reminded him of someone years before when he'd spent a month by her side and in her bed. But they'd made no promises other than to enjoy the time they had in the middle of a war. Vicki had served as an Army nurse but a call from home sent her back to the only woman who'd ever been family to her. But a chance meeting at a VA hospital rekindled something she thought was lost forever. Ian and Vicki have a past but do they have a future? He's wiling to fight for it but she guards her heart. When danger strikes at the VA hospital, she and Ian won't stop until they uncover what is killing some of the elderly patients. But when she's taken hostage, Ian and his fellow Lighthouse Security Keepers race the clock to get to her in time.

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Too Close to Home

2023

Sometimes the truth hits too close to home… Danny Donovan might look like a charming, harmless rogue, and to many, that’s exactly what he is. But buried deep beneath a mischievous smile and twinkling eyes is a man with a dark past … and a mysterious, hidden agenda. Now that he’s out of the service, it’s time to begin the next phase of his plan. And to do that, he must travel to Northeastern Pennsylvania. He’s not going to let anything get in his way. That includes Gwen Maguire, the soft-spoken female therapist who sees a lot more than she should... and who might have even more to hide than he does.

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Home At Last

2023

Who raised this guy? Wolves? Is she for real!? Better buckle up. It’s going to be a wild ride. ROAN I’d had a plan. Serve my eight years in the Marines. Go to college, come home and join the family business. Then it all changed and I became a Marine Raider. Raw from my last year long assignment in hell, I was grateful to retire after twenty years. Coming back to Jasper Creek and working with my dad and brothers in our classic automotive restoration shop had always been my dream. Now here I am, damn near forty, retired, no degree, back in Tennessee only to find my family’s flown the coop. What’s more, they’ve put some upstart in charge of the family business. A female upstart. A gorgeous, smart and funny, female upstart. I’m in trouble. Big trouble! LISA Who’s the new guy? Scratch that, who’s the new man ? And who does he think he is? Roan Thatcher. What kind of name is that anyway? How dare he come into my town and think he can take over? Fine, the business hasn’t been running perfectly, but considering I’ve got orders coming out my ears, and not enough staff, I’m doing pretty damn good! And that’s even with some asshat vandal/stalker trying to put me out of business! Roan better stay out of my way or there’s going to be trouble. Big trouble!

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Time for Home

2024

Army Ranger Oliver Parker considered the world and wherever the mission sent him to be his home. Now, with an injury to his leg, he was scrambling to redefine what home was to him. The prospect of living with family felt stifling, and he yearned for a space to call his own. But a chance meeting with a kid who tried to rob him sent him crashing into a world of homeless teens and the woman who tries to give them a home. Charity recognized poverty and was determined to help the teens who passed through her center. She didn’t have time for the handsome Oliver, but she couldn’t ignore the pull she felt for him, especially after he offered to help with the teens. Danger lurks around the homeless center, and now she is a target. Oliver and the Keepers of Lighthouse Security Investigations race to save Charity and the teens who need their help. This book is a series crossover between The Long Road Home and Lighthouse Security Investigation West Coast.

Authors

Abbie Zanders

Author · 59 books

Abbie Zanders is a USA Today Bestselling Author with more than 55 published romance novels to date. Her stories range from contemporary to paranormal and everything in between. She promises her readers two things: happily ever afters, always, and no cliffhangers, ever. Born and raised in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, where she sets most of her stories, she’s known for small town romance featuring golden-hearted alpha heroes and strong, relatable heroines. Besides being an avid reader and writer, she loves animals (especially big dogs), American muscle cars, and 80's hair bands.

Caitlyn O'Leary

Author · 56 books

Caitlyn O’Leary is a USA Bestselling Author, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author and a Golden Quill Recipient from Book Viral in 2015. Hampered with a mild form of dyslexia she began memorizing books at an early age until her grandmother, the English teacher, took the time to teach her to read—then she never stopped. She began re-writing alternate endings for her Trixie Belden books into happily-ever-afters with Trixie's platonic friend Jim. When she was home with pneumonia at twelve, she read the entire set of World Book Encyclopedias—a little more challenging to end those happily. Caitlyn loves writing about Alpha males with strong heroines who keep the men on their toes. There is plenty of action, suspense and humor in her books. She is never shy about tackling some of today’s tough and relevant issues. In addition to being an award-winning author of romantic suspense novels, she is a devoted aunt, an avid reader, a former corporate executive for a Fortune 100 company, and totally in love with her husband of soon-to-be twenty years. She recently moved back home to the Pacific Northwest from Southern California. She is so happy to see the seasons again; rain, rain and more rain. She has a large fan group on Facebook and through her e-mail list. Caitlyn is known for telling her “Caitlyn Factors”, where she relates her little and big life’s screw-ups. The list is long. She loves hearing and connecting with her fans on a daily basis.

Maryann Jordan

Author · 103 books

As an Award Winning and International Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo Best Selling Author, I have always been an avid reader. I joke that I "cut my romance teeth" on the old historical romance books. I’ve written as a hobby for over 30 years. In 2014, I finally gave in to the characters in my head pleading for their story to be told. Thus, Emma's Home was created. My first novel, Emma's Home became an Amazon Best Seller in 3 categories within the first month of publishing. Its success was followed by the rest of the Fairfield Series and then led into the Love's Series. From there I have continued with the romantic suspense Alvarez Security Series and now the Saints Protection & Investigation Series. My books are filled with sweet romance and hot sex; mystery, suspense, real life characters and situations. My heroes are alphas, take charge men who love the strong, independent women they fall in love with. I worked as a counselor in a high school and have been involved in education for the past 30 years. I recently retired and now can spend more time devoted to my writing. I have been married to a wonderfully patient man for 35 years and have 2 adult, very supportive daughters. When writing, my dog or one of my cats will usually be found in my lap! I love to hear from readers, so please email me! authormaryannjordan@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/authormaryann... www.maryannjordanauthor.com

Cat Johnson

Author · 106 books

📚Find Series Reading Order and Book Lists at Cat's site CatJohnson.net 🎥 For Film/TV Inquiries Email Cat@Catjohnson.net It all started in first grade when Cat Johnson won the essay contest at Hawthorne Elementary School and got to ride in the Chief of Police's car in the Memorial Day Parade...and the rest, as they say, is history. As an adult, Cat generally tries to stay out of police cars and is thrilled to be writing for a living. She has been published under a different name in the Young Adult genre, but released her first romance in 2006. Today, she is a NY Times & USA Today best-selling, award-winning author of contemporary romance. A promo ho, she's sponsored real live bull riding cowboys and promoted romance using bologna. —from the author's website

Kris Michaels

Author · 70 books

USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author, Kris Michaels is the alter ego of a happily married wife and mother. She writes romance, usually with characters from military and law enforcement backgrounds. Kris was born and raised in South Dakota. She graduated many years ago from a high school class consisting of 13 students (yes that is thirteen, eleven girls and two boys...lucky boys). She joined the military, met her husband, and traveled the world. Today she lives on the Gulf Coast and writes full time. Kris is an avid people watcher and dreamer. The stories she writes are crafted around the hopes and dreams of a true romantic. She believes love is essential, people are beautiful, and everyone deserves a happy ending. When she isn't writing Kris enjoys a full life revolving around family, friends, laughing, whiskey, and cold red wine. (Yes cold...don't judge.)