by Jessica Scott | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseriesBook of the Month: TAKE ME HOME: Chapter 3Chapter ThreeOlivia set the last folder on a smaller pile and paused, looking down at the stack of files in front of her. Then she gave up and lowered her face into her hands,...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseries Chapter Two “There really needs to be a good reason my phone is ringing at four a.m. on a Tuesday.” Ben leaned his head into his palm and held the phone to his ear. He’d just fallen asleep a half hour...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
July’s Book of the Month: TAKE ME HOME TAKE ME HOME: PROLOGUE & CHAPTER 1 Prologue Northern Baghdad FOB War Eagle “Is this hell? Because it feels like hell.” Second Lieutenant Ben Teague swiped his sleeve across his forehead and accomplished...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Eighteen “I never really thought the Army would be this hard.” “No one ever thinks handing out flowers and candy to the local nationals is hard.” His voice rumbled through her body. She was leaning back against him now, her feet draped over...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Seventeen A quiet knock on Emily’s door interrupted her first five minutes of alone time that day. It wasn’t even lunch time and she’d been going full bore since she’d dragged her corpse into the office a couple of hours ago. Two days had...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
A PLACE CALLED HOME Chapter Sixteen Emily walked into her office exactly one hour and thirty-six minutes late for work. Which meant the official start of her duty day was going to kick off with an ass chewing by her boss. The secretary, Ms. Walters, looked down her...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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...
