Loving an Airborne Ranger

by Susan Leigh Carlton

Matt Turner, an Army helicopter pilot is shot down and killed in Afghanistan. He leaves his wife, Lisa and a small son to grieve. Lisa vows to never get involved with Army pilots again. Her vow holds up until she falls in love with her divorced next door neighbor, a US Army Airborne Ranger.

Genres: Military Fiction

64 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 11, 2013

About the author

Susan Leigh Carlton lives near Tomball, Texas, a suburb twenty-six miles northwest of Houston. She began writing and publishing on Amazon in August 2012.
Susan observed the eighty-seventh anniversary of her birth on April 17th, 2021. She says, “I quit having birthdays because they are so depressing. Now, I have anniversaries of my birth.” Susan and her husband celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary on April 16th, 2021, the day before her eighty-seventh birthday.
She said, “One of the many pleasures I get from writing, is the email I receive from readers that have read and liked my books. I even like the letters that are critical of the writing, because it means the writer cared enough to take the time to write.

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loving an Airborne Ranger started with the death of Lisa Turner's husband in combat. She is left with a young son, Kyle and learns to deal with the her new situation of a single mother. (This part could have been developed in more detail.)

About a year later she starts to see Chuck, her next door neighbor and after telling herself she would not go through with a relationship with another soldier, she resists him but soon realizes that she needs to reconsider. (Again more details about how she comes to feel differently would have added to the plot.)

The happy ending was a little rushed and brief. The jump from the wedding to birth announcements let too big a gap in the plot for me. I like stories about military men and how they find the women they love, just with more details and feelings. This is still worth reading.

[SheLove2Read · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really need to create a "glad it was free" shelf. This would fit perfectly. It's not so much that the idea of this story was bad, but the way it was presented. Instead of letting the reader READ, the author tells you as if she's paraphrasing from her source. Add in some typos and bad grammar as well.

[Manuela · Rating 2 out of 5]

It did not deliver. I was looking for a story that takes me on a journey but this was more like reading a travel diary with a summary of the feelings I should have felt. I am very disappointed. :(