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BOOK BLURB:
Alone in the world, John Hansen joined the British Army to be a part of something bigger than himself, and do some good in the world as a U.N. peacekeeper. He did not expect to meet the love of his life during officers' training.

Kevin Kendrick had something to prove to himself and his career-officer father. He had never met anyone who meant as much to him as John, but he had doubts about his lover's career decisions ... and he was driven to join the SAS because it was the one military achievement his father had tried for and failed.

Torn apart by their ambitions, they find themselves together years later ~ and what feels like centuries more battered. Both are eager to seize their second chance at happiness, but Kevin's past isn't through with him yet, and they must face an enemy from his past to win back their future.

BOOK REVIEW:
John was slow to discover that the ideal mate he always envisioned was male, not female, but his first sight of Kevin at Officer Candidate School in the British Army convinced him instantly. Sometimes life deals a good hand, and gives us a soul mate. But what life gives, it also sometimes removes. The heated relationship between John and Kevin turned to ice when John chose the role of a U.N. Peacekeeper, and Kevin elected the SAS.

With neither capable of empathizing with the other's decision, their collective involvement ended. John's breakdown following a tour of duty in Bosnia led to his decision to attend University to study psychology, but nothing could have prepared him for the next contact from Kevin. An amiable veneer over what had been a scorching, deeply emotional, combination could never be sufficient ... or can it?

A Lee Rowan contemporary novel is quite a change from her usual historicals ~ but the same scorching m/m sensuality, rooted in deep emotional entanglements between two very special men, is combined with the same riveting background detail (in this case, the horrors of Bosnian genocide and similar terroristic venues). Once again, Rowan's ability to delineate characters and expose the true individuality that lies beneath the surface personalities is so present.

It would be a difficult decision as to whether the characters or the sensuality are more of a reader magnet; I would say both! As with all Lee Rowan's books, I recommend an immediate run to the nearest book-selling outlet. "Walking Wounded" is very much a not-to-be-missed story.

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