At the Heart's Command: A Place Called Home, Book 2

By Patricia McLinn

Book Overview

❤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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1954478917
• ISBN13: 9781954478916
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Craig Place Books
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended

In this, the second book of the "A Place Called Home" mini-series, Patricia McLinn works out the second part of a curse that has haunted the Susland family for five generations. Indeed, this generation is the last hope for ending the curse. Colonel John Griffin Junior, Grif, always accepts tough, smart assignments intended to advance his career. Advancing quickly through the ranks, Grif forms no personal ties or commitments that could waylay his career. So when Grif declines an opportunity to join the White House liaison team and request leave instead, he seemingly acts totally out of character. Truthfully, his heart formed ties that he abandoned fifteen months ago. Failing miserably to regain control of his heart, Grif doesn't return to Far Hills Ranch until his aunt's letters inform of the rough situation the object of his desire has endured.Married life hadn't been all she wanted it to be, but Ellyn tried hard to make her husband Dale happy. When he served notice that he was giving her one last chance before he divorces her, Dale moved his family back to Far Hills Ranch. Ellyn was unsuccessful in contacting her childhood friend, and her husband's best friend, Grif before the move. As a result, following Dale's unexpected death, she and her children felt terribly abandoned by the man who had once been indispensable in all of their lives.When Grif returns to far Hills Ranch, both he and Ellyn must face the extraordinary attraction between them. They also must overcome the past-other's words, and their own guilt and pain if they wish to forge a relationship. While both are determined to keep their hearts under control, they very well may learn that we are all at the heart's command.With a flair and style unique to this storyteller's pen, McLinn creates a believable world of love and family with the "A Place Called Home" miniseries. In a family plagued by unexpected death, ending the curse promises a new future for all the Suslands. The first part of the curse was lifted in LOST AND FOUND GROOM, and a satisfying conclusion is reached in HIDDEN IN A HEARTBEAT. Reading the books either separate or together is guaranteed to satisfy lovers of the western romance. Highly recommended!

I can't wait for the next book in this series

I loved the first book in this series (Lost and Found Groom) and now I'm looking forward to the third (Hidden in a Heartbeat) even more. The premise tying them together is a legend, and a curse, and a continuing cast of warm, wonderful characters. The best thing about At the Heart's Command? It gave me a whole new appreciation of hanging up laundry!!!