Southern Rock star, Michael St. James, was at the top of his game in the music business. He and his band, Platoon, had just hit their second platinum album and they were set to begin a nearly one year tour. Platoon was far from an overnight sensation. The group had been together for over ten years, initially forming when they were in the United States Army as a Special Operations unit. The unit saw the worst of humanity during their assignment in Afghanistan in 2002. They'd lost a lot during that long mission, and then, without warning, a bright young army lawyer working on a special assignment was dropped on them. Her arrival changed everything for Michael...forever. Serena McCoy was sunshine and steel packaged in a tiny body with a mass of white-blond hair and an infectious smile with the bluest eyes Michael had ever seen. Despite the knowledge that he needed to avoid any contact with her that wasn't purely a part of the mission, his heart went AWOL from his brain and he was quickly finding it difficult to maintain those formal boundaries. The two of them are able to find a place of comfort and connection for a brief period, until they both come into enemy fire. It has been ten years since the beautiful Serena has been lost to him. While that loss has been the most difficult burden for him to bear, there were other losses...huge losses, that continue to weigh heavily on him. Platoon has become a way for the soldiers to survive the horrors of war. After a night of celebrating the second platinum and the kick-off of the band's opening band for the tour, Michael goes in search of a quiet place to collect his thoughts and regain his place of balance. What he runs into is the ghost of his one true love... "Soldiers" is the story of powerful losses, courageous survival, and rebuilding the human spirit. Find Roseanne Bennett on Facebook, or on her website at www.RoseanneBennettAuthor.com. Look for the sequel to Soldiers in early 2015, and "One Square Mile" by summer 2015. Her "Finally Home" trilogy, and "Dakota Storm" are available through Amazon and Kindle.
