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Home to Stay (The Long Road Home Book 2) by [Maryann Jordan, Binge Read Babes]

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Book 2 of 5: The Long Road Home

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Home is no longer the place he left… but it’s all he’s got.

John Roster is flying to his childhood home in Maine after a medical discharge from the Army. No one will be there to welcome him home other than his cranky grandfather… a personality trait the two men share. No job. No friends. And with a storm canceling all flights at the moment, no plane to catch. Killing time at the USO in the airport, he bonded with a few fellow servicemen also waiting out the storm, as well as the irrepressible hostess who offered a suggestion… find a purpose by thanking someone who’d helped while he was stationed overseas.

Lucy Carrington’s special project for her history class has come to an end. The letters they had written to a fellow-Maine soldier had stopped now that he was leaving the military. Staring at the picture of the handsome soldier with the haunted eyes, she wished they could meet in person. One day, in the middle of their lesson, he appeared. He’s much more gorgeous in person… and just as haunted. John expected a matronly teacher to greet him, not the bright-eyed, friendly-smile, knock-out that made up the whole package of Lucy. Sparks fly, but he’s got a long way to go to have more to offer than a beat-up former soldier, so he’ll settle for friendship. A new job offer with a prestigious security firm might lead him to the future he wants.

A threat against her thrusts him into the role of protector. Keeping her safe is his mission… earning her love is his goal. And a soldier never quits.

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August 3, 2021
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08VHCZDBW
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 3, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2835 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1947214837
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Best Sellers Rank: #29,001 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,168 in Military Romance (Kindle Store)
- #1,172 in Military Romance (Books)
- #2,615 in Romantic Suspense (Kindle Store)

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Maryann Jordan
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USA Today Bestselling Author, Award Winning, Amazon International Bestselling and All-Star author, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble Best Selling Author! I have always been an avid reader. In 2013 I started a blog to showcase wonderful writers and finally gave in to the characters in my head pleading for their story to be told. Thus, Emma's Home was created.
My first novel, Emma's Home became an Amazon Best Seller in 3 categories within the first month of publishing. Its success was followed by the rest of the Fairfield Series and then led into the Love's Series. Soon, other spin-off series came along and 8 of my books have made Amazon top 100 Bestselling books.
Gabe, from the Alvarez Security Series won Silver Medal and 5 Star Review by the 2016 Reader's Choice Awards.
Honor Love was an award winning novel from the 2016 Reader's Choice Awards.
Serial Love was an award finalist novel from the 2016 Reader's Choice Awards.
Coming Home was awarded the 5 Star Review by the 2017 Reader's Choice Awards.
Discover Love was awarded the 5 Star Review by the 2017 Reader's Choice Awards.
My books are filled with sweet romance and hot sex; mystery, suspense, real life characters and situations. My heroes are alphas, take charge men who love the strong, independent women they fall in love with.

I worked as a counselor in a high school and have been involved in education for 30 years. I have now retired and look forward to more time with family and writing!
I have been married to a wonderfully patient man for 40 years and have 2 adult, very supportive daughters.
When writing, my dog or one of my cats will usually be found in my lap!
I love to hear from readers, so please email me!
Books by Maryann Jordan
FAIRFIELD SERIES
Emma's Home
Laurie's Time
Carol's Image
Fireworks Over Fairfield
LOVE'S SERIES
Love's Taming
Love's Tempting
Love's Trusting
ALVAREZ SECURITY SERIES
Gabe
Tony
Vinny
Jobe
SAINTS PROTECTION & INVESTIGATION
Serial Love
Healing Love
Revealing Love
Seeing Love
Honor Love
Sacrifice Love
Protecting Love
Remember Love
Discover Love
Surviving Love
Celebrating Love
Searching Love
LIGHTHOUSE SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS
Mace
Rank
Walker
Drew
Blake
Tate
Levi
Clay
Cobb
Bray
HEROES AT HEART
Zander
Rafe
Cael
Jaxon
Jayden
Asher
Zeke
Cas
Holiday for a Hero
BAYTOWN BOYS SERIES
Coming Home
Just One More Chance
Clues of the Heart
Finding Peace
Picking Up the Pieces
Waiting for Sunrise
Sunset Flames
Hear My Heart
Guarding Your Heart
Sweet Rose
Our Time
Count on Me
Shielding Your Heart
To Love Someone
Sea Glass Hearts
HOPE CITY (co-written series with Kris Michaels)
Sean
Carter
Kyle
Rory
Torin
Griffin
SEALs (from multi-author series)
Thin Ice
SEALed Together
Hot SEAL/ Undercover Groom
Hot SEAL/ A Forever Dad
LONG ROAD HOME (multi author series)
Home to Stay
LETTTERS FROM HOME SERIES
Class of Love
Freedom of Love
Bond of Love
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Binge Read Babes
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Binge Read Babes are a group of author friends who couldn't resist the lure of working together on a joint collaboration. The Long Road Home is a connected series of standalone contemporary military romantic suspense novels written in a shared world. We hope you enjoy the world we created as much as we enjoyed writing it for you.
About the LONG ROAD HOME Series:
You can take the warrior out of the fight, but not the fight out of the warrior. With the military behind them, these heroes battle uncertain futures as they travel the long road home.
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Karen Ashburner

The Long Road Home Series Continues!

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2021

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Home to Stay is a wonderful addition to The Long Road Home series. Although the series is interconnected, each book is a standalone read. John Roster, discharged medically from the Army, stops in the airport USO lounge when storms cancel his flight. A cryptic message from the USO hostess and meeting and talking with four other military men gives John a lot to think about. He has no job, no future plans, a grumpy grandpa to go home to and a packet of letters from the local school class who adopted him during his deployment.

John stops at the school to thank the class for their letters and packages, but it’s the teacher, Lucy Carrington, who catches his attention and the feeling is mutual. As their friendship turns into something more and a job offer comes from Lighthouse Security, the future looks great. Until trouble comes Lucy’s way and it’s up to John and his fellow LSI Keepers to do what they do best, neutralize the threat and keep Lucy safe. Only then will John be Home to Stay!

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pam brown

Fantastic book!

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2021

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This book was amazing. This is John’s story and how he finds his way. John is in Special Forces and is medically discharged. John is one of a group of soldiers who we meet that is stranded during a storm in Atlanta airport. Blessings is their USO representative who gets them together and imparts a gift to them all with a statement for each of them. John arrives home and stays with his grandfather but feels adrift in life. Lucy is a schoolteacher whose classroom has been writing to John and after nearly a year she feels an attachment to John. When John goes to the school he is pleasantly surprised when he meets Lucy as he expected an older teacher. They both feel an instant attraction but John is reluctant to start a relationship when he doesn’t know where he is going in life. With the help of his Gramps, John meets Horace and Mace from Lighthouse Security and finds part of what he was missing. Loved the romance that develops from friendship to something deeper and stronger. Maryann has just the right balance of romance, suspense and intrigue that captures your attention from page one and doesn’t let go until the last page. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I look forward to reading the books that Maryann writes. This book will not disappoint! Can’t wait to read the rest in this series. They re all stand alone books but enough is explained that you will understand the connection.

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Susan E. Birbilis

Second book in the Long Road Home series

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2021

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Home to Stay is the second book in the Long Road Home series by Maryann Jordan. John was Special Forces in the Army for the last 8 months of his deployment he wrote to a classroom of fifth graders in his home state of Maine. He was medically discharged with no idea of what to do when he ends up in the USO room at the Atlanta airport on his way back home. There he meets 4 other service men who were also on their way home along with Blessing, the keeper of the USO room. One of the men mentioned security work and Blessing mentioned stopping by the school to meet the kids, along with their teacher, Lucy. As they say, the rest is history.
Ms Jordan has a way of telling a story that keeps everyone’s attention along with suspense and romance. This book ties into Maryann’s Lighthouse series (where John ends up working) though you don’t have to have read any of those books to like/understand this one. If you have read them, you’ll see familiar names pop up. If you haven’t, you’ll want to read that series as well! Abbie Zanders is next up with Finding Home (8/24/2021) whereas Kris Michaels was first with My Heart’s Home which is already out. Kris’s book ties into her Hope City series, and again, you don’t have to have read any of the books. But you will see familiar people! Enjoy all of the Long Road Home books!

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Mel M

Heartfelt, Full of Emotion

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2021

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Home To Stay was amazing. A heartfelt story full of emotion. While there are some elements of danger and suspense, this romance focuses the on moving forward by accepting what is and letting go of what was and the surprising things that happen when you repay kindness. As with all Maryann Jordan books the importance of family, both blood and bond, is stressed. The tie in to Lighthouse Security Investigations series is perfect. Also for you Heroes at Heart fans, Blessing Collier (USO hostess) reminded me of Miss Ethel.

What do you do when you're no longer have a career or a team, no job prospects or plans? Returning to home to Maine and his Gramps, John Roster needs to sort out his priorities and stop feeling sorry for himself. Deciding to take some sage advice about finding a way to repay a kindness, he visits the fifth graders who'd been sending him letters. What a surprise when he meets the real teacher not the one in the photo sent to him. Lucy Carrington is a vivacious, dark haired beauty with a "let me do it myself" attitude. Suddenly his life is not so bleak. That's not to say there aren't some missteps along the way as the pieces fall into place.

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Lisa D. Gibbs

Another wonderful story in this new series

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2021

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John Roster is medically discharged from the Army. He is flying home but is sidelined by a hurricane in Atlanta. He ends up waiting out the storm in the USO part of the airport and there he meets Blessing. She has some good advice for him as does Cam, one of three other servicemen he meets while there.

John is out of sorts but helps his "Gramps" around the house as he is no longer able to do it himself. He is aimless but fate steps in and guides him to where his next journey begins.

John meets Lucy, a fifth-grade teacher who along with her class has written to John over the last 8 months. Lucy is a fun character and I admire her character for wanting to fix her cottage as much as she can. She watches YouTube videos to learn how to fix things. Just like a true teacher, she is always learning.

I liked this story and look forward to the next in this heartwarming series.

This was a sweet story of finding your way home and finding a different purpose in life, John found that and more in his home state of Maine.

I received an ARC of this book but I went on to buy it as I always enjoy a story by Ms. Jordan.

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Julia M

A warmer welcome than he expected.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2021

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This book is book 2 , part of the long road home series and begins when a disparate group of servicemen meet in an airport when all their flights are cancelled.
John has been forced to retire following an injury where he lost part of his peripheral vision. He is returning home to stay with his grandfather in Maine, the only home he has. He is feeling rather lost and worried about being unemployed. It is suggested to him that he visits the class of children who made him their pen pal over the previous year although he is very nervous about it. He is delighted to discover that instead of the middle aged woman he was expecting , their teacher is the attractive woman he’d met in the hardware store earlier.
Lucy is thrilled to meet john in person and despite a few hiccoughs they tentatively begin to get to know each other properly. John’s grandfather introduces him to a veteran friend of his who happens to work for Lighthouse Security and thus john is introduced to Mace who can soon see his potential. John is now no longer unemployed and this fills an emotional need he has to be part of a useful team again.
Being a Maryann Jordan story not everything runs smoothly and Lucy finds trouble for herself and John and the other keepers are drawn in.
I loved this story and the fact that Lucy and John had been corresponding for many months helped to explain why their relationship felt mature almost from the start. An excellent story, highly recommended.

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Jane A.

Home is where your heart is!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2021

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Home is many different things to different people and I'm loving the Long Road Home series as it explores the idea of home and Maryann Jordan's addition 'Home To Stay' will warm your heart and make your day a little brighter.
John is lost after his medical discharge from the SEALs that were his life but returning home to his grandfather's house he meets the teacher whose class 'adopted' him and discovers she isn't the little grey-haired old lady he thought. Lucy is simply adorable - clumsy, chaotic but wise and independent too with such a big heart. John learns that home can be both people and places as he finds he still has a purpose and direction after his heart-breaking injury tore him away from the military home he loved. Huge bonus that I love in this story is the fact that Lighthouse Security plays a big role, there is a good dollop of suspense, some action and so much warmth and hope that you can't help but smile. I highly recommend this moving story.

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hayho

Great book, fabulous series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2021

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This is the second instalment in the Long Road Home series. The series features five veterans stranded at the USO in Atlanta airport. John has been medically discharged from the Army having lost part of his eyesight, but he feels he lost more than just that, he lost his career and his family too. A chance meeting with other veterans at the USO, and Blessing sets him on the path to securing the future he didn’t know that he wanted. Lucy has a major crush on the soldier that her students are writing to and never expects to meet him at school and he’s even better in person. I throughly enjoyed reading this book. I liked catching up with the other veterans and seeing their meeting from different perspectives. I’m really looking forward to reading the next instalment in this series.

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Emma Westell

Loved it ❤

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2021

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This is the second book in the Long Road Home series, with each book being written by a different author. I love the premise of the series, that 5 military personnel meet in an airport during a storm. Each person has struggles to face as well as discovering what Home means to them. The added bonus for me is discovering new authors to read. Brilliant book, fantastic series so far and looking forward to the next one very soon xx

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jd66

Awesome book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2021

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I’ve been looking forward to reading this book. The build up to this series has had me waiting in anticipation. John made me really feel for him. Leaving the service he’s adrift. When he returns to his gramps he’s connects with a teacher who’s class wrote to him whilst he was deployed. Lucy and John start a friendship and romance blossoms but not before John can find his feet back in civilian life. This is a wonderful story with the Lighthouse security series as the anchor. I thoroughly devoured this book from the first page to the last. Wonderful book.