Once upon a time, I had a vision for the Coming Home series. Each book would tell the story about soldiers returning from the Iraq War and, importantly, why they continued to serve. I wanted to tell the stories of military families like mine – not Navy SEALs or Army Rangers or Special Forces. Just normal soldiers doing the things that normal soldiers do. 

I wrote several of these books while I was at Officer Candidate school and a few more when I was deployed to Iraq in 2009. These books are deeply personal – the come from places and things my husband and I experienced and wrestled with as part of our own journeys home from war.  

Publishing, it turns out, had other plans for the series. Due to a few unexpected turns of events, the Coming Home series ended up published out of sequence and in two separate series (Coming Home and Homefront). At the time, those decisions made sense. When I decided to go indie, it was better to control a new series than link back to one controlled by a publisher. 

But as the fates may have it, I managed to the rights back to all of my books and so, I’ve decided as a way of celebrating 10 years home from Iraq by releasing the series as I originally intended all those years ago. Some of the books have new titles and are in new places – I’ve noted each book on each retailer and each book page so that hopefully, there won’t be any accidental purchases of books you may have already read. 

Each book in the series stands alone but now that I’ve got the series reorganized, you’ll generally meet the characters in the next book in whichever book you happen to be reading. 

So, if you’re just starting out on the entire Coming Home series, or looking to go back and revisit old friends at Fort Hood, here’s how to read them:

Coming Home #1: BECAUSE OF YOU ~ Shane Garrison and Jen St James discover the healing power of love

Coming Home #2: I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS ~ Vic Carponti & his wife Nicole faces their greatest fear 

You can actually start with either Because of You or I’ll Be Home For Christmas.

Coming Home #3: BACK TO YOU ~ Trent Davila & his wife Laura must learn to trust each other before they can love again

Coming Home #4: ANYTHING FOR YOU~ catch up with Shane & Jen in this Valentine’s Day short story

Coming Home #5: COME HOME TO ME: How far will one man go to save the woman he loves? Find out in this sensual snowed in romance. 

Coming Home #6: CARRY ME HOME ~ Sparks fly as Evan Loehr and Claire Montoya discover that fire is hot in this steamy enemies to lovers romance. Previously published as UNTIL THERE WAS YOU. 

Coming Home #7: A PLACE CALLED HOME ~ Reza Iaconelli meets his match with Emily Lindberg. Previously published as ALL FOR YOU. 

Coming Home #8: TAKE ME HOME ~ Sparks fly in this enemies to lovers romance when Ben squares off with Olivia Hale. Previously published as IT’S ALWAYS BEEN YOU. 

Coming Home #9: HOMEFRONT ~ Gale Sorren will do anything to get his family back. He never counted on how hard that would be once teenagers were in the mix. 

Coming Home #10: AFTER THE WAR  Some things you just can’t change. While this book was never meant to be this late in the series, it was the first book I ever wrote and it took a lot of time to get this story right. I hope you’ll love this emotional second chance romance featuring Sean Nichols and Sarah Anders. 

Coming Home #11: LAST ONE HOME ~ A classic enemies to lovers romance but with the added drama of workplace romance. Who can resist a grumpy hero and a never serious heroine who breaks all the rules? Previously published as FIND MY WAY HOME and FORGED IN FIRE

It’s nice to get everything organized in one place how I envisioned things a decade ago when I first started out. I hope you’ll check the entire series out if you haven’t already!

All books are currently available from your favorite ebook retailer.