Dex's letters inject some holiday cheer until the long, hot days of Johnny's covert military assignment, but will they sustain him when the rest of his unit goes home to their families?
Notes from Home
β Scribed by Dirk Greyson
- Publisher
- Dreamspinner Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
While deployed on a covert mercenary assignment, Johnny doesnβt have much in the way of holiday cheer. But the mysterious notes from Dex that somehow appear in his bunkβreminding him of the gifts, cookies, celebrations, and most of all, love, waiting for him back in Wisconsinβhelp him get through the long, hot days. Will they be enough to keep his spirits up when the rest of his unit goes home to their families and heβs left alone?
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