A deeply emotional military romance featuring a wounded warrior, healing through horses, forbidden attraction, and the courage to love despite the scars we carry.

Captain Ryan Thompson came home from Afghanistan with wounds that can’t be seen. Haunted by the men who died under his command, he’s retreated to his family’s Texas ranch, sleeping in the barn to avoid waking his brothers with his nightmares. When a community search for a missing child forces him to use the tracking skills that once kept his unit alive, Ryan finds himself face-to-face with the town’s new trauma therapist—a woman who sees too much.

Dr. Grace Bennett came to Mason to rebuild her practice and escape her own tragedy. The last thing she needs is to fall for a patient—especially one as guarded and wounded as Ryan Thompson. But as she watches him work with her traumatized horses, Grace recognizes something in his broken pieces that mirrors her own.

When Ryan reluctantly agrees to help with Grace’s equine therapy program, walls begin to crumble between them. But just as they start to heal together, an unexpected visit from Ryan’s former Army buddy triggers a violent flashback that threatens everything they’ve built. Ryan is convinced he’s too damaged for love. Grace believes they can heal each other. As both their pasts come crashing into the present, they must decide: Is running away safer than risking their hearts?

THE SOLDIER’S RETURN is book 4 in the Thompson Valley Ranch series, an emotional saga of five brothers finding healing and love in small-town Texas. While each book delivers a complete romance with a guaranteed HEA, the brothers’ interconnected stories create a richer experience when read in order. This heart-wrenching contemporary romance features a military hero battling PTSD, a compassionate therapist with her own scars to bear, and the healing power of connection when two wounded souls find each other.