"The Officer and The Secret (Semper Fidelis. Always Faithful.)" - Southern Charm and Chivalry Make An Irresitable Read.

For those of you who think chivalry is dead, The Officer and the Secret by Janette Murray is a must read.  This was a fun, refreshing and simply well written book.  If you are looking for a hot and steamy love scenes, this story had a few, but the rest of the book was just a great story line with great writing skills.  This was my first time reading Murray's work, but I assure you that it will not be my last. 

The Officer and the Secret ( Semper Fidelis. Always Faithful.) is the story of a Captain Dwayne Roberts, a soldier who has come home and is struggling to assimilate back into civilian life, and finds the one person who made his life more calm is Veronica Gibson,  a small mousy,  homely but beautiful cousin of a close friend who wrote to him during a difficult deployment.   He finds her simple manner and beauty a refreshing change from the deceptive women he has dated in the past.  he knows that Veronica is very shy, but doesn't realize the extent of the secrets she is keeping.  They find themselves attracted to each other because of the very things that make hem both an oddity.  With stories of dominant Alfa males being the current romance trend, it was really refreshing to read about a dominant guy with real life issues and questions about himself, love and his future, and how to make sure that Veronica is a part of it all.
Murray is definitely on my "A" list.  She is one of those authors that every romance readers should follow.  Like a good home-cooked meal, her stories are simple pleasures to experience. She can really make an plot come alive.   I was eager to know what would come next as I turned each page.  Before I knew it, I was at the end of the book and still looking for more.  I can't wait to read the next soldiers story.  Readers won't want to miss even one book of this series.  This is a must read!

You purchase this book at Amazon,  or B & N Barnes & Noble, for a reasonable price of $6.99 for the paperback.  You can also find more books from the series at these links.   For more information about Jeanette Murray head over to her website at www.jeanettemurray.com, or  follow her on Twitter at @KJMurrayBooks, or find her on Facebook at Facebook.com/jeanettemurraybooks.  Jeanette also writes contemporary romance under the name Kat Murray.