Before Lance Corporal Eric Armstrong travels home to Texas on his thirty-day leave from the Middle East, he wants to meet the woman he has been corresponding with online. He knows her as Samantha, and hasn't heard from her since he told her he wanted to meet her while he was on leave. However, with the help of a computer guru he is able to track his sensuous cyber gal down, and can't believe Samantha is in fact Sara Harris, the widow of his best friend.

The last time Lance Corporal Eddie Cash was home on leave he had an unforgettable night with Megan Walker. Two months later she informs him that she is pregnant. Now Eddie is coming home to stay and, hopefully, make a life with the mother of his child -- if she will have him.

Lieutenant Mateo Guerrero hopes that his thirty-day leave will give him enough time to fix whatever his wrong with his marriage. Poor Matt spends his first week sleeping on a lumpy couch.

Captain Brian Justice has no one to go home to except a panel that will determine if he should be court- martialed. However, a group of orphans are on hand to greet service men without families, and Brian is immediately drawn to the young women in charge of these children.

Tori Carrington has done a splendid job with each of these novellas. Be prepared to kick back and enjoy these stories in one sitting, as you probably won't be able to put the book down once you start reading it.

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