“Joshua levered himself out of bed. He’d shave, get dressed, and take a walk with Major before frying himself some breakfast. As a boy, if he could have even imagined himself so old as thirty-three, he’d have assumed he’d be leaving a wife behind staying warm in bed or making breakfast, or better yet, accompanying him on his morning amble. But things change. War changes them. And solitude suited him, these days.” SolitaryVeteranPtsdHistorical RomanceTraumatized Book:What Heals the Heart Source: What Heals the Heart
“All through his childhood, he had wished he had brothers instead of, or in addition to, three sisters. That wish, too, had died in the war.” WarGriefVeteranBereavementSiblingsBrothers Book:What Heals the Heart Source: What Heals the Heart
“Joshua awoke, sat up slowly, and looked around the railroad car. No ghosts, no trauma, nothing but Clara sleeping in apparent peace in the berth below him, and curtains growing bright with morning light.” VeteranPtsdHistorical Romance Book:What Heals the Heart Source: What Heals the Heart