The Day He Came Home, Elana Johnson
The Day He Came Home, Elana Johnson
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The Day He Came Home
Sweet Contemporary Romance

Author: Elana Johnson

Narrator: Matt a Digital Voice

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/10/2024


Synopsis

A wounded Marine returns to Hawthorne Harbor years after the woman he was married to for exactly one week before she got an annulment...and then a baby nine months later. Can Hunter and Alice make a family out of past heartache?
Hunter Magleby hasn't been back to Hawthorne Harbor in nine years. His parents have moved from the small beach town, but Hunter feels called to return to his roots after a career-ending injury overseas. He limps, literally, back into town, some unfinished business between him and the wife he left all those years ago.
Alice Kopp got an annulment only a week into the marriage, and she hasn't heard from Hunter since. She sees him almost every day though, when she looks into her son's eyes, so much like his father's. Yes, Westin is a spitting image of Hunter, and Alice dreads the day she'll have to introduce the two of them, because Hunter will be furious with her.
When Hunter goes to the hospital for his physical therapy appointment, he runs into Alice, who works as a nurse in the NICU. She's eating lunch with her son, and when her mother shows up to pick up the boy so Alice can go back to work, it becomes a jolly good family reunion.
Hunter just didn't realize he was part of the family.
He's furious with Alice but also desperate to get to know the son he didn't know he had. As he battles his war injury, his depression, and his anger with Alice, only two things calms him: his therapy dog and his son. The more time he spends with Westin, the more he has to see Alice too, and the old flame that was there almost a decade ago is still burning brightly.
Will the day he came home open a new door for Hunter and Alice to find a way to forgive one another and build a family with their son?

About Elana Johnson

USA Today bestselling author Elana Johnson writes young adult and adult contemporary romance. She is an inspirational adult romance author under the pen name of Liz Isaacson, and her work includes the young adult dystopian romance series Possession, Elevated, Something About Love, Just Friends, To Be Yours, and the Clean Billionaire Beach Club Romance series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather on February 21, 2019

Enjoyed the story-mostly I would have given this one a higher rating, but i didn't love Alice. It bugged me that she played the martyr when Hunter didn't defend her to his parents when her parents hated him all those years ago and she annulled her marriage partly to please them. She had everyone thin......more

Goodreads review by Maria on February 05, 2019

I think this is one of Ms. Johnson's best books. The story broke my heart a little bit. So much pain for Hunter both physically and emotionally. He has to learn how to live with a disability that leaves him in constant pain. What a shock to come home after so long only to run into your ex and discov......more

Goodreads review by Teresa on January 21, 2019

I received a free copy and am voluntarily leaving a review. I feel be for Hunter coming back to find out that he has a nine year old boy Alice never told him about. I can understand his anger and hurt and not sure that I would be able to forgive easily. I wanted to hate Alice for what she did but I c......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on March 18, 2019

Let me start by saying that I’m not a fan of secret pregnancies or secret children as a plot theme. There are only a couple of circumstances where I can understand a father not being informed that he’s a father, and this story doesn’t contain any of them. I loved Hunter and Westin. For a young boy w......more

Alice and Hunter were married but while he was away in the military, Alice had their marriage annulled with no further word. She just hoped Hunter would come back home for her even though she divorced him. Then she also kept a huge secret from him for six years. He probably would have never found out......more