Romance · Reflection of Love

Marine, Sgt. Ryan Stockwell and his Marine brat, 19-year-old Alice Tanner have their greatest life-assignment to date: to take their love for each other through the fire of doubt, psychological breakdown, and separation. Will his deployment, their family frictions, family ties and knots, shattered expectations, along with the brokenness and mess that they find themselves in, give birth to a perfect reflection of their love?

In venting and baring their souls to one another and to the rest of the family, do they know and love each other enough to hold true to the motto of the Marine Corps ‘Semper Fidelis’/ ‘always faithful always loyal’? It’s a family affair between the Tanners and the Stockwells, they experience life together: they love together, fight together, celebrate together, and they endure together and yet…

Underneath the outward pouring of love and affection of a family of marines, against the backdrop of marine culture, will Alice find the remedy for loneliness that haunts her in her deepest, darkest hour? Is her family as ‘loving’ as they are cracked up to be or will she find solace in the arms of a stranger?

This novel goes beyond romance. It is heart wrenching, interest absorbing, filled with emotions and a tear jerker for both brawn and beauty.