Major Hank Renshaw is an Air force Navigator on a B-52
following in the footsteps of his pilot father, now home
from 10 months in Afghanistan where his best friend Kevin
died. Stricken with sorrow over his inability to save Kevin,
he is now in New Orleans during Mardi gras to deliver
Kevin's last message to his fiancée, Gabrielle Ballard. Hank
had fallen in love with Gabrielle at first sight but held by
honor and love for his friend Kevin holds his distance. Now
the guilt is eating him up as he desperately wants her for
his own.
Surprising Gabrielle with his return, she also presents the
shocking surprise to Wyatt of a four month old infant, Max.
Max was diagnosed at birth with pyloric stenosis and
requires a serious surgery. Feeling responsible to fill in
as a stand in father for Max, he rents a mansion to take
Gabrielle and Max to a safe haven following the surgery for
recuperation. Trying to face the fact they both had strong
feelings for each other prior to Kevin's death and that
Gabrielle was going to break the engagement, leaves both
with severe guilt. This makes moving forward and
acknowledging their feelings impossible until the past is
really the past. Hank's influential and prestigious family
who is always in the limelight doesn't make things easier
for them when they turn up unannounced for a photoshoot at
the mansion. By now Hank and Gabrielle are involved in a
sexual relationship with neither being able to move forward
with a commitment because of the guilt over Kevin. Both have
to put Kevin's ghost to rest and move forward with their own
lives.
HONORABLE INTENTIONS is filled with an abundance of emotion
and nostalgia of lost love. Catherine Mann certainly knows
how to reach your heart through her characters. Her writing
is extremely easy to follow and quick to read with her
wonderful art of drawing you into the characters' lives.
This is a memorable tale of two strong and stubborn young
people who are destined for each other. Centering the story
around the small infant and Hank's devotion to him is
heartwarming. I loved the characters!
Major Hank Renshaw knows almost everything there is to know
about Gabrielle Ballard. Except for what it's like to touch
her. Because Gabrielle is his best friend's fiancée. Or she
was. Until his buddy died in battle—right after making Hank
promise to find her…
So now Hank's in New Orleans. In Gabrielle's apartment.
Watching her nurse her infant son. It's not honor that draws
him to her. It's not duty that makes him stay. It's need
he's feeling, plain and simple—the desire to take the woman
he's always wanted and finally make her his own.
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