A Soldier's Promise — Rebecca Joyce

Mason Armstrong wants to be left alone. When the military gives him his walking papers, he heads home to forget. Too bad, he has to deal with family and the nagging town sheriff in the process. It's a small price to pay for freedom, and he deals with it the only way he knows how...he avoids them.

Annabelle Marcus is a single mother making a fresh start for herself and her young son. When a teaching position opens up in Texas, she jumps at the chance and accepts the job. Controlled and organized, she attempts to integrate herself into the community, only to find out that maybe she's bitten off more than she can chew.

Lost and alone and set in their ways, two lives intersect only to discover that just maybe they have something more to give. When duty calls, can the promise of a future be enough to sustain, or will the ultimate diversion end it all?