Saturday, August 21, 2021

*~Release Blitz & Review: The Gardener and the Marine by RJ Scott~*

 



The Gardener and the Marine (Ellery Book 9) - can be read as a standalone

GLBTQ, MM
Trope/themes:  Hurt/Comfort, Traumatic Brain Injury, Combat Veteran, PTSD
Released: 20 August 2021
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Series: Ellery Mountain
Length: 50,000 words
Cover Design: Meredith Russell
All Buy Links can be found here:  http://www.rjscott.co.uk/read-gardenermarine
Available - Wide Release





The Gardener and the Marine (Ellery Mountain, 9)

Triggers for PTSD and past suicide ideation

Harrison is alone and hurting with his memories gone, but Toby shows him that love can heal even the most broken of hearts.

After losing his entire team in a roadside bomb, Harrison is left with a traumatic brain injury, a broken body, and scars on his heart that might never heal. Staying at the Ellery Mountain Veterans Center is the first step in healing, but short-term memories evade him, and the only thing he trusts is the love of Barney, his support dog.

Until he meets Toby.

Toby lands the chance of a lifetime, using his horticultural skills to aid in working with veterans during their physical and mental recovery. Meeting Harrison on his first day goes badly, but there is something between them that could be more than just friendship.

With time, it could even become love.



This story was previously available in weekly instalments in my newsletter.  The file has been edited and a few scenes added.

Review:
4.5 Stars
This was such a beautiful story. This book is going to pull on the heartstrings that's for sure. Toby and Harrison just touched my heart. Harrison also broke my heart, but to see him heal and overcome so much it's truly beautiful. The bond that instantly forms between Toby and Harrison is something to see.  It will fill your heart with happiness. I couldn't put this book down. I was really intrigued by Toby's use of gardening as a therapy for the veterans at the center. It's amazing the transformation it brings to those veterans. That's another thing that touched my heart; the work being done at the center. This is a book if you're a fan of M/M romance you don't want to miss out on. It's one of the few that truly touches the heart with the characters. From beginning to end this book had me hooked. It had me rooting for Harrison and Toby. They have a once in a lifetime love that we all dream of. This book shows some of the struggles that some veterans have come home to cope with as they navigate their new normal. I would so recommend this one!

Series:

Ellery Mountain—a series of books set in the town of Ellery in the Smoky Mountains focusing on heroes as they navigate the barren landscape of being gay in a small town. Read stories of men like Finn the cop, Daniel the ex-marine, Kieran the carpenter, Marines, SEALs, teachers, soldiers, and a town that embraces them with love.

  1. The Fireman and the Cop
  2. The Teacher and the Soldier
  3. The Carpenter and the Actor
  4. The Doctor and the Bad Boy
  5. The Paramedic and the Writer
  6. The Barman and the SEAL
  7. The Agent and the Model
  8. The Sinner and the Saint
  9. The Gardener and the Marine
  10. The Soldier and the Bodyguard - currently a free weekly series in my newsletter  **

** Readers who want the next story in free instalments can sign up here: https://rjscott.co.uk/GMNL)



RJ Scott, author of M/M romance.
Writing love stories with a happy ever after – cowboys, heroes, family, hockey, single dads, bodyguards
 
USA Today bestselling author RJ Scott has written over one hundred romance books. Emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, single dads, hockey players, millionaires, princes, bodyguards, Navy SEALs, soldiers, doctors, paramedics, firefighters, cops, and the men who get mixed up in their lives, always with a happy ever after.

She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing. The last time she had a week’s break from writing, she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a box of chocolates she couldn’t defeat.

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