Refugees MM Paranormal Romance
Independently Published
May 12, 2020
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When World War II ended and army medic Walter Clark returned to Chicago, he discovered that although home remained the same, he had changed. Unable to fit comfortably into his old life, he spent a year gradually making his way west. Now he’s gone as far as he can—the shore of the Pacific—but old memories make ocean views intolerable. He turns inland and finds himself in the hidden hamlet of Kiteeshaa, Oregon, where the locals are surprisingly friendly and the café serves food exactly like his grandmother used to make.
Martin Wright runs the Kitee Motor Court Inn and offers Walter a place to stay for a few nights. Later, Martin offers him a great deal more. But while Martin is a delight, he also harbors secrets; and there’s something not quite right about Kiteeshaa. No matter how far the two men have traveled, they can’t run away from their pasts.
Reviewed by Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Walter Clark came home from Europe when the war ended and returned to Chicago with his family but although he came home in one piece physically mentally he was a broken man. For five years he struggled to find himself and a place that felt safe and like home so for the last year he has been travelling looking for something that seemed impossible to find.
When he saw a sign for Kiteeshaa, a small town, he turned his car in that direction. What he found was not even a town but a small hamlet with less than two hundred people but people who seemed friendly. He met the owner of Kitee Motor Court Inn, Martin Wright and decided that this place was as good as any to stay for a while. Whereas Chicago was filled with noise and traffic that always set him off this place was so peaceful and quiet and Martin and others seemed to welcome him. He also found himself having feelings for Martin, something that in the 1940’s would be very dangerous for him to express but not so in Kiteeshaa, where people seemed to welcome anyone who was different as long as it brought them happiness.
This was such a beautiful story of a lost man finding himself and a small town with secrets and surprises. Short but very, very sweet.