by Jessica Scott | Apr 23, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Fifteen Emily was alive. At least, she thought she was. A series of explosions were cooking off inside her skull, in perfect rhythm with her heartbeat, and she was reasonably certain that there were a thousand ice picks stabbing her in her...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 21, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
Authors Note: I skipped ahead a couple of chapters because Chapters 11-13 deal wih a soldiers suicide and the aftermath. While they are important parts of the story, they are something I felt should be read within the context of the entire book and not in a one off...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 19, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Ten Reza had headed back to the R&R Center to pick up Wisniak, only to find out the kid had left without being seen. He headed back to the barracks, dialing Wisniak’s cell phone repeatedly. It went straight to voicemail every time. A...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 17, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Nine He’d been right when he’d told her she was going to be sore. Sore didn’t even begin to explain all the pain in places she hadn’t even known existed. Her hip ached every time she moved. Her shoulders felt like they were still carrying...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 15, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Eight The ride back to the clinic was quiet. At least, as quiet as a ride in a tactical vehicle could be. Reza’s thoughts were filled with heady, slow images. Fantasies involving a prim and proper doc who’d frozen in the hallway today and...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 13, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Seven Emily had never been so terrified in her life. For the last three hours, she’d watched grown men run around shooting each other with tiny rounds that looked like miniature lipsticks. She felt alive. More alive than she’d ever felt...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 11, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
A PLACE CALLED HOMECHAPTER 6 “We have to swing by my battalion headquarters before we head out to the training area.” Emily followed Reza out into the bright Fort Hood morning, trying to get used to the weight she now carried in the form of her Interceptor Body Army....
by Jessica Scott | Apr 9, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
CHAPTER 5 A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Five It was quiet. The kind of quiet that felt like a thousand tiny spiders crawling up his spine. The kind of quiet that could only be found in the middle of the night in the heart of the western desert outside of Fallujah. Every...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 7, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Three Reza padded to the front door, the carpet soft beneath his bare feet. Someone was pounding on his door like the damn house was on fire and he felt a strong urge to whip someone’s ass. It had been a shit week as shit weeks went. The...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 5, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books
Chapter Two The text message of doom vibrated on Reza’s phone as he pulled into his company ops parking lot. Reza was wanted in the sergeant major’s office. He did his best to avoid the brigade headquarters. There were too many names memorialized on the walls. Too...
