The Way Back Home (The Southbound Series) - Inspirational Adventure Novel for Travel & Self-Discovery - Perfect for Book Clubs & Road Trips

Olivia Anders rolled her way into Magnolia Springs with a luggage full of lingerie and a determinate to make her foundation, Paws for cause, a success in this little southern town. Olivia works with Marines by pairing them with service dogs. Dogs she rescues and trains. So she's very familiar with dealing with the men and woman who come back from war. The ones lost and broken. Looking for something to hold onto. And she works hard to give them a little brightness in the darkness, in the form of the animals. But the most recent Marine she finds herself around, is a man who she believes she can help save. But one who is to angry and loss in himself to take the support she is gladly throwing to him. August Cotton. Tall, broad, sexy and angry, a man who wants nothing to do with Olivia, or her foundation. But that doesn't stop this sassy, stubborn, southern women, from trying to get August Cotton, to open his eyes and see all the greatness around him. To see that while she shouldn't, she's throwing her heart on the line, hoping, wishing, he could see that she is there, she is something he could believe in, to hold on to.August Cotton is a angry man. Broken from war, feeling loss, reaching, trying to temporarily find a resemblance of who he was at one time. Brought back to Magnolia Springs, to take care of his baby sister, August would have preferred to stay far away from his home. He can't take the looks the people in town give him. He can't take feeling like less of a man, because of his injury. He has no idea how he's suppose to raise his sister. And August doesn't need, a beautiful, stubborn, blonde on a rescue mission to show up on his doorstep. Olivia Anders, stormed her way up his drive way, and into his every thought. Despite keeping everyone at a distant, he can't seem to say no to this women. The more Olivia tries to save August, pushes him, the more his walls go up. He's battling demons he doesn't want her to witness. And its in his nature to protect, to protect whats his. And Olivia is slowly become someone he can't imagine walking out of his life.A broken Marine seeking his way out of the darkness, and a fierce woman, who is fighting to stay out of her own darkness, collide in this beautiful, captivating, sexy, story of hope, healing, and life. Carmen Jenner is a new author to me, and after consuming this story, I am a FAN! I need more of her stories, more of her words. This sweet and super sexy book, full of wounded souls, family, dogs, and a southern setting, have made for one of my top favorite books this year. Hands down. If you haven't read this book, or heard of this author. Trust me, you have got to fix that. It is one not to be missed. Sweet, sassy, big hearted Olivia, and August, the tough, sweet, lost, Marine. These two survives, August and Olivia, would give anything for the people they love. They navigate through the good, the bad, the lonely, and the moments filled with lots of love, and they do it together.