The return
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In the romantic tradition of Dear John, an injured Navy doctor meets two extremely important women whose secrets will change the course of his life in this #1 New York Times bestseller.Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any.Tending to his grandfather's beloved beehives, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can't ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding.Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather's death, but she offers few clues—until a crisis triggers a race to uncover the true nature of Callie's past, one more intertwined with the elderly man's passing than Trevor could ever have imagined.In his quest to unravel Natalie and Callie's secrets, Trevor will learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness . . . and that in life, to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began.
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9781538728574
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9781538728567
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Left with grievous injuries from a mortar blast outside his hospital in Afghanistan, orthopedic surgeon Trevor Benson returns to heal at his grandfather's cabin in New Bern, NC. There he falls for cautious Natalie Masterson and tries to help misfit teenage Callie, who might be able to clarify the strange circumstances around his grandfather's death.
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Left with grievous injuries from a mortar blast outside his hospital in Afghanistan, orthopedic surgeon Trevor Benson returns to heal at his grandfather's cabin in New Bern, NC. There he falls for cautious Natalie Masterson and tries to help misfit teenage Callie, who might be able to clarify the strange circumstances around his grandfather's death.
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