Embracing Love — Alison Mello

McKenzie McCormick moved back home for one reason only, and falling for a soldier isn't it… Fort Stewart is only a few miles away, which means her hometown has its fair share of soldiers. But Kenzie chooses to steer clear of them, as she still struggles to cope with the grief of losing her father to war. All she wants to do is help her aunt take care of her ill grandmother -- until a gorgeous green-eyed Army Captain moves back into town. The last thing Captain Remington Bennett expects to find is a pretty brunette while out on his morning run… Intrigued by the woman he passes almost every morning, Remy is determined to get to know the brown-eyed beauty. Kenzie is reluctant to get too close, but his persistence in pursuing her slowly breaks down her defenses, turning what started out as nothing more than a nod and a shy smile into something neither of them could have predicted. War has already taken too much from her, and Kenzie can't afford to lose her heart to a soldier… Even though the mutual attraction becomes too strong to ignore, Kenzie keeps fighting her feelings for the handsome Captain. But when Remy is called out on a mission and she's faced with the possibility he might not come back, Kenzie realizes she may have let her only chance at love slip through her fingers. Now that Kenzie is finally ready to embrace love with the kind of man she has spent her entire life avoiding, it might just be too late…