Free One E-mail: (BBW Romance) (One Soldier Series) by Christin Lovell

 
    One E-mail
One Soldier Series
    Christin Lovell

    ONE EMAIL
One Soldier Series
    Copyright © 2014 by Christin M Lovell
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    To all those who serve, and have served, thank you. Your efforts will never be forgotten.
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    1  Praise be to the  Lord  my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2  He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- Psalm 144:1-2
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    ONE E-MAIL
    It started with one e-mail.
    Madelyn Maxlyn sent one e-mail to the most feminine-sounding name on the list of soldier contacts her book club president managed to get. SFC Taylor Russell was the recipient.
    They exchanged seventy-seven e-mails in five months, and somewhere among those seventy-seven, they stopped exchanging words and began sharing pieces of themselves.
    Taylor is returning home from war, and it’s time that they meet and discover if a soldier with two years left on his contract with the army, and a plus size woman who has an entire life hundreds of miles away from his home, have a chance at a future together.
    Love doesn’t care about obstacles and risks , but surviving them isn’t always easy.
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    Preface
    I never knew that one e-mail could change a life, but it changed mine…

    One E-mail
    Chapter One
    From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: February 11, 2014 12:52pm
Subject: Thanks For Your Service
     
    SFC Taylor Russell,
    My fingers are crossed and prayers are going up that you’re a woman.
    What an intro, right? I’m hoping your years of service haven’t killed your humor. If they have though, feel free not to laugh.
    See, my book club, full of single women begging for the next Fifty Shades phenom to hit their palms, thought it would be a great idea to write single soldiers in hopes of finding love. I’m not okay with that. The last thing a soldier needs, in my humble opinion, is a group of persistent and saucy Sallies chasing them from across the pond under the false pretense of gratitude.
    So, I chose you. Because you had the most feminine-sounding name on the list of e-mail addresses Sandra somehow got her paws on. And perhaps that makes me as insensitive as them, but I wanted to offer my genuine thanks to a soldier without grappling for more. You owe us nothing and yet you give us everything.
    I couldn’t imagine leaving the little family I have behind. I couldn’t imagine having to wait a year to watch the newest season of my favorite TV show. I couldn’t imagine not having the com mon conveniences that I do. And I don’t have to because of you. You’ve sacrificed it all so that I don’t have to, and, for that, I’m eternally grateful.
    If there’s anything I can do to help you, to return the immense favor you’ve done for our country, please let me know. No PMS craving is too small.
    Keep your head up, your rear covered and your heart protected.
    Sincerely,
Madelyn Maxlyn, A curvy fashionista with a penchant for book boyfriends.
    P.S. Feel free to plot revenge against the devilish six remaining in my book club. I will be happy to help execute it upon your return to the US.

    Chapter Two
    From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: February 16, 2014 1:14am
Subject: RE: Thanks For Your Service
     
    Hi Madelyn,
    It took me some time to