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Wayward Guilt
H.M.S. Brown
July 15, 2023
332 Pages
Genre: Fiction – Military Fiction, Small Town Fiction, LGBTQ+
Today I am highlighting a story by a dear friend and fellow author who has recently released her second book! (This is a post for book one in the series, which introduces a lot of the characters.)
Wayward Guilt is an in-depth look at the life of a fallen soldier and all of those impacted by it.
This book drops you into Grant’s Crossing, showing you a glimpse into the lives of its citizens through an array of lenses and blending past and present.
Each of the men becomes a hero in their own way and the journey is both heartwarming and heart wrenching to see. It’s a powerful read that stays with you.
Kiro & Abe are my favorite characters! I can’t wait for book two.
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Here is a bit more about the book and it’s blurb:
Three friends leave home to serve their country. Only two make it back.
After the Twin Towers fall, Derek Mitchell enlists in the U.S. Army with two of his best friends. He dreams of helping people, whether in the field of combat or back home in Grant’s Crossing, Ohio.
Juan dreams of marrying his high school sweetheart and starting a family.
Joey dreams of being happy and living his own truth.
Together, they serve in multiple deployments until Juan and Joey are each grievously injured in separate combat missions. Thirteen years after initially enlisting, one doesn’t make it back.
Four months after the funeral, friends and family gather to celebrate Derek’s return to civilian life. With each story shared, he relives their final missions together, carrying the guilt of having saved one friend but not the other.
What do you do when the one friend you’ve always turned to is no longer there?
(Content Warnings: Domestic violence, attempted suicide, combat violence, grief.)
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