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Operation Homefront
At last Libby Harper had made a home for herself and her seven-year-old son, Justin. After years of moving around, they were finally going to stay in one place — except Justin didn't seem to be adjusting to his new life too well. He was having trouble at school and alienating all his friends. Except one.
But this newest buddy was no boy — he was a man! A man with a handsome face, an engaging smile and the uniform of the United States Army. A career soldier. A man on the move — literally!
Sergeant Joe Mathison knew that only a fool would begin a romance that had no chance of succeeding, and he was no fool. But he couldn't seem to stay away from Libby and Justin. If only he could convince her that he was the perfect playmate for them both ...
But this newest buddy was no boy — he was a man! A man with a handsome face, an engaging smile and the uniform of the United States Army. A career soldier. A man on the move — literally!
Sergeant Joe Mathison knew that only a fool would begin a romance that had no chance of succeeding, and he was no fool. But he couldn't seem to stay away from Libby and Justin. If only he could convince her that he was the perfect playmate for them both ...
- GenresRomance
253 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1992
About the author
Marilyn Pappano
192 books126 followersAward-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
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May 19, 2018
I have often remarked that heroine's make or break a book for me and this one had a heroine whose head I wanted to bash. She was a coward and selfish. So, the heroine was married to the most selfish man ever who ignored her and her son, but she loved him. Of course hubby dumped her for his teenage secretary and 18 months after her divorce she meets the hero. The hero is a soldier who helped turn her son's destructive behaviour around. He is a nice kind 40-year old divorcee who cherishes her son and stupidly falls for her too despite all her prickliness but she treats him badly at every turn, selfishly telling him not to see her son when she thinks he is breaking through her defenses and when they do get involved intimately, refusing to marry him because he might be killed in the war. Yes she had been through a lot but she was so selfish and the hero took her back everytime. The poor man deserved better. Not this author's best.
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