At the Heart's Command (A Place Called Home, Book 2) - A Place Called Home, #2

When a second chance beckons, the heart beats an SOS. 

Colonel John Griffin Jr. is the best kind of military man. A good and honorable soldier determined to protect childhood friend Ellyn Sinclair at all costs – especially from himself.

Years ago, Grif rejected a young Ellyn's mild advances -- despite how he felt about her -- because he could not give her the life she deserved. Instead, Grif stood up as best man when Ellyn married his best friend. He became a member of the family, the godfather to her children.

But now Ellyn is a widow, living on his family's ranch with her two young children. No matter what it costs him, Grif will do his duty – help single parent Ellyn and her children, while ignoring that he's never stopped wanting her.

Ellyn could not be happier at Grif's homecoming to Far Hills, Wyoming. They're friends, after all. Always have been. Always will be . . . no matter how the old Ellyn dreamed of a friends to lovers scenario. She's an adult now and her kids are all that matter.  No matter what their mutual friends say about heat and chemistry. 

The Army sends Grif back to the western small-town life he knew as a boy, the world of cowboys and cattle on Far Hills Ranch ... and back to the woman he's always loved. But how can he even dream of second chances, when they should have no chance at all.
 

What readers say about At the Heart's Command
"If you love emotional stories with complex characters, especially strong heroines and heart-stopping heroes, don't miss this book!"—5* reader review

"A delightful romance about childhood friendship evolving into mature love. . . . Heartfelt."—5* reader review

"Emotion-packed story . . . a military hero willing to sacrifice for the ones he loves to give them what he thinks they need."—5* reader review

"I could feel the love all through the book."—5* reader review

"A story that you cannot put down."—5* reader review

"A wonderful book full of love and trust."—5* reader review

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Far Hills Ranch has bound together the Susland family for a century and a half. For just as long, there's been a legend that the ranch and its family are cursed. Now, says the legend, the current generation is the last with a chance to break the curse.
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What readers say about A Place Called Home series
"True love, second chances, and family curses. I look forward to reading the rest of the series,"—5* reader review

"If you love emotional stories with complex characters, especially strong heroines and heart-stopping heroes, don't miss this!"—5* reader review

"Patricia McLinn makes you 'feel and live' her stories."--5*

"Such depth of scene and characters that they come alive right before your eyes."—5* Apple Books review

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Want to know more about the recent lives and loves of the family and friends of Far Hills Ranch? Grif and Ellyn harbor an Army veteran and Wyoming rancher who's in a royal predicament in The Forgotten Prince, Book 9 of Patricia McLinn's The Wedding Series.