At the Heart's Command

¿When a second chance beckons, the heart beats an SOS. ¿
Colonel John Griffin Jr. is the best kind of military man. He's a good and honorable soldier who's determined to protect Ellyn Sinclair at all costs - especially from himself. Once, he'd rejected a young Ellyn's advances, because he could not give her the life she deserved. Instead, Grif stood up as best man when Ellyn married his best friend. Then, he became a member of the family, godfather to her children.
But now Ellyn is a widow, back in Far Hills, Wyoming, living on his family's ranch there with her two young children, and having a tough time. And no matter what it costs him, Grif will do his duty - help Ellyn and her children, while ignoring that he has never stopped wanting her.
The Army's sending him back to the western life he knew as a boy, the world of cowboys and cattle on Far Hills Ranch ... . and back to the young love he knew. But how can he even be dreaming of second chances, when they should have no chance at all.
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.
Along with the temptation to turn his relationship with Ellyn from friends to lovers, Grif wrestles with the next element of the family curse. Can this military hero help free Far Hills Ranch?
A Place Called Home series
Lost and Found Groom
At the Heart's Command
Hidden in a Heartbeat
Praise for A Place Called Home
"Compelling read. I didn't want to put it down . . . Insight into so many emotions that we all struggle with." --5*
"A story that you cannot put down . . . The ending was so emotional and heart grabbing . . . Now to wipe my tears of joy." --5*
"A wonderful book full of love and trust." --5*
"True love, second chances, and family curses. I look forward to reading the rest of the series," --5*
Want to know more about Far Hills Ranch? Grif and Ellyn harbor an Army veteran who's in a royal predicament in The Forgotten Prince, Book 9 of Patricia McLinn's The Wedding Series.
The Wyoming Marriage Association -- Helping love find a way
Characters from the Bardville, A Place Called Home, and Wyoming Wildflowers series and the romantic suspense Ride the River join forces to bring together people they hope will find love and happiness as they have.
First Date: Divorce
Second Start: Family