The Journey Home [Anthology 10-in-1]
by Mary Jo Putney (Contributor)
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Soldier, Warrior, Rebel . . . He makes you cry for his pain and cheer for his victories. He fills your daydreams and remains etched in your memory for all time. He's the wounded hero - the most compelling figure in romantic fiction. And he's about to wrap himself around your heart and never let go. The award-winning, bestselling authors of The Journey Home have conjured an inspired collection of stories about this beloved icon whose soul bears the scars of time and fate. In each passionate show more and magical tale, you'll meet an irresistible warrior who's facing the aftermath of a conflict. You'll meet, too, the courageous woman who wants to tend his wounds, help him rebuild his shattered dreams, and give him the love he needs and so richly deserves - if only he will let her. Ten romantic encounters of the extraordinary kind, each proving what the heart knows is true - that the most powerful healer . . . in any time or place . . . was, is, and always shall be love. show lessTags
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Once Jason Harrick was a Jagernaut Primary, one of the elite of Skolian Imperial Space Command. His squadron destroyed in one of the battles of the Radiance War, now he is its only survivor, broken in body and mind, shattered with the destruction of the squad mates with whom he had been empathically bonded, wracked with survivor's guilt. Rhose Canterhaven lives on the planet where he crashed, trying to survive in the aftermath of the war's destruction. While out searching for power sources in the ruins where Harrick is hiding, she encounters the damaged soldier. When they meet, events are set in motion that could mean Harrick's healing or his destruction.
This story is in an anthology published by Imajinn Books with a portion of the show more profits going to Support Our Soldiers America Inc. Each story is of a warrior facing the aftermath of battle and war and how they find their way home, geographically and emotionally. Asaro's story fits this premise neatly, looking at the pain and guilt of surviving and how hard it can be to find one's way home from such a place. Harrick doesn't just need healing; he's retreated so far into himself that first he needs to realise how injured he is. It is meeting Rhose that starts him on the long journey back.
This is a much simpler story than some Asaro has written lately. It's about love and healing and finding one's way home, even if home is now a different place and person than it was before. I like Asaro's clever and complicated stories, but I like ones like this just as much. It's a lovely little story and I hope Harrick and Rhose will pop up for a cameo in one of her future novels. show less
This story is in an anthology published by Imajinn Books with a portion of the show more profits going to Support Our Soldiers America Inc. Each story is of a warrior facing the aftermath of battle and war and how they find their way home, geographically and emotionally. Asaro's story fits this premise neatly, looking at the pain and guilt of surviving and how hard it can be to find one's way home from such a place. Harrick doesn't just need healing; he's retreated so far into himself that first he needs to realise how injured he is. It is meeting Rhose that starts him on the long journey back.
This is a much simpler story than some Asaro has written lately. It's about love and healing and finding one's way home, even if home is now a different place and person than it was before. I like Asaro's clever and complicated stories, but I like ones like this just as much. It's a lovely little story and I hope Harrick and Rhose will pop up for a cameo in one of her future novels. show less
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A raft of fascinating stories about the trials faced by men and women who went to war or find themselves in the middle of one and of the tribulations of those left behind and other such permeations. The stories range from the 1400's to sometime in the future and/or sometime in other worlds. The message of love and healing intertwined holds true for all the ages and places.
I really enjoyed:
Hero's Welcome by Rebecca York
The Sacrifice by Cynthia Valero
The Shadowed Heart by Catherine Asario
A NetGalley ARC
A raft of fascinating stories about the trials faced by men and women who went to war or find themselves in the middle of one and of the tribulations of those left behind and other such permeations. The stories range from the 1400's to sometime in the future and/or sometime in other worlds. The message of love and healing intertwined holds true for all the ages and places.
I really enjoyed:
Hero's Welcome by Rebecca York
The Sacrifice by Cynthia Valero
The Shadowed Heart by Catherine Asario
A NetGalley ARC
Fine premise, poorly done. The majority of the stories were too short and seemed thrown together... [close] Fine premise, poorly done. The majority of the stories were too short and seemed thrown together...
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Romance writer Mary Jo Putney was born in New York and graduated from Syracuse University with degrees in English literature and Industrial design. She served as the art editor of The New Internationalist magazine in London and worked as a designer in California before settling in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980 to run her own freelance graphic design show more business Her first novel was a traditional Regency romance, which sold in one week. Signet liked the novel so much that it offered Putney a three-book contract. In 1987 that first novel, The Diabolical Baron, was published. Since then, she has published more than twenty-nine books. Her books have been ranked on the national bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly. Most of her books have been historical romance. She has also begun writing fantasy romance and romantic fantasy. Putney has won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award twice, for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and has been a RITA finalist nine times. She is on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for bestselling authors, and has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and four Golden Leaf Awards. Her titles include: Dark Mirror, Dark Passage, No Longer a Gentleman, Never Less than a Lady, and Nowhere Near Respectable. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Journey Home [Anthology 10-in-1]
- Original title
- The Journey Home
- Alternate titles
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (by Patricia Rice) (by Patricia Rice); Heart Crossings (by Linda Madl) (by Linda Madl); Hero's Welcome (by Rebecca York) (by Rebecca York); A Better Man (by Rickey R. Mallory) (by Rickey R. Mallory); The Sacrifice (by CB Scott) (by CB Scott); The Dreamer (by Diane Chamberlain) (by Diane Chamberlain) (show all 10); Shadow of the Rose (by Lucy Grijalva) (by Lucy Grijalva); The Shadowed Heart (by Catherine Asaro) (by Catherine Asaro); Another Man's Shoes (by Candice Kohl) (by Candice Kohl); The Stargazer's Familiar (by Mary Jo Putney) (by Mary Jo Putney)
- Epigraph
- Come, my friends.
'Tis not too late to see a newer world....
Ulysses, Alfred Lord Tennyson - Disambiguation notice
- Stories in anthology:
Preface by Mary Kirk
Home Is Where the Heart Is by Patricia Rice
Heart Crossings by Linda Madl
Hero's Welcome by Rebecca York
A Better Man by Ric... (show all)key R. Mallory [Mallory Kane]
The Sacrifice by CB Scott
The Dreamer by Diane Chamberlain
Shadow of the Rose by Lucy Grijalva
The Shadowed Heart by Catherine Asaro
Another Man's Shoes by Candice Kohl
The Stargazer's Familiar by Mary Jo Putney
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