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A Soldier's Wish Kindle Edition

by N.R. Walker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The year is 1969… Gary Fairchild is proud to be a hippie college student, and he protests the Vietnam War because he believes in love and peace. To him, it isn’t just a counterculture movement—it’s a way of life. When tickets to the Aquarium Exposition—3 Days of Peace & Music, or Woodstock, as it was better known, go on sale, there’s no way he isn’t going.

Richard Ronsman is a sheltered farm boy who lives in the shadow of his overbearing father. He’s hidden his darkest secret to earn his father’s love, but nothing is ever good enough—not even volunteering for the Vietnam War. And with just a few days left before he’s deployed, he’s invited by a striking hippie to join him at a music festival.

Three days of music, drugs, rain, mud, and love forged a bond between these two very different men that would shape the rest of their lives. They share dreams and fears, and when Richard is shipped off to war, they share letters and love. For Richard’s first Christmas home, he is gifted a special angel ornament that just might make a soldier’s wish come true.

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This story is one of seven stories which can all be read and enjoyed in any order.

* * *  In 1750, a master woodcarver poured all his unrequited love, passion, and longing into his masterpiece—a gorgeous Christmas angel for his beloved’s tree. When the man he loved tossed the angel away without a second thought, a miracle happened. The angel was found by another who brought the woodcarver True Love. Since then, the angel has been passed down, sold, lost and found, but its magic remains. Read the romances inspired by (and perhaps nudged along by) the Christmas angel through the years. Whether it’s the 1750’s England (Eli Easton’s Christmas Angel), 1880’s New York (Kim Fielding’s Summerfield’s Angel), the turn-of-the-century (Jordan L. Hawk’s Magician’s Angel), World War II (L.A. Witt’s Christmas Homecoming), Vietnam-era (N.R. Walker’s Soldier’s Wish), the 1990’s (Anyta Sunday’s Shrewd Angel), or 2018 (RJ Scott’s Christmas Prince), the Christmas angel has a way of landing on the trees of lonely men who need its blessing for a very Merry Christmas and forever HEA.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KVRLNKG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ BlueHeart Press (December 2, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 2, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1030 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 187 pages

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- #9,095 in LGBTQ+ Romance (Books)
- #19,666 in Historical Fiction (Books)

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N.R. Walker is an Australian author, who loves her genre of gay romance. She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it, but wouldn't have it any other way. She is many things; a mother, a wife, a sister, a writer. She has pretty, pretty boys who live in her head, who don't let her sleep at night unless she gives them life with words.

She likes it when they do dirty, dirty things... but likes it even more when they fall in love.

She used to think having people in her head talking to her was weird, until one day she happened across other writers who told her it was normal. She's been writing ever since.

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N.R. Walker was voted 2019 Goodreads M/M Romance Members' Choice Awards All-Time Favorite Author

and 2020 Goodreads M/M Romance Members' Choice Awards Hall of Fame

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Jen O'C

Christmas Angel

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023

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Much more than a Christmas story. Richard and Gary met just before Richard was set to leave for Vietnam. With his last days of freedom they spent time together at Woodstock and made memories neither could forget.

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Kindle Customer Cathy L

Sweet, poignant holiday read

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2018

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As usual, one of my favorite authors does not disappoint in the latest Christmas Angel installment. The important issue of soldiers returning from war still rings true, no matter what era the story is set in. I loved the caring and support Gary and Kat gave to Richard.
There isn't any politics in this story, it's more about how healing unconditional love can help a person recover from traumatic injuries. It's beautiful to watch Richard find and accept his true, authentic self.

I swooned throughout the story, reading how, at each and every turn, Gary was there to remind Richard how much he was loved.

This story is timeless, just like the ancient angel, watching over those who need it. It's kind, and loving, and a perfect holiday read.

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D.Hart, RCIS

Gary and Richard make a wish on their Angel ornament !

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2019

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N.R. Walker holds your heart and doesn’t let go. Richard is going to Vietnam, away from his uncaring folks, and finds a free spirit on the trip. College student, Gary sees Richard at a diner and sits down to talk with the sad man. Gary and a few friends are going to Woodstock, and Richard ends up with them. Richard and Gary form a friendship in those two days, before he goes to war. They write and that is how we learn more about them, and I told my husband, a Marine in 1968-69, some of the passages about Vietnam and the war, and he said it was real and true. All is fine until Richard stops writing. Their plans and dreams are on hold, with Gary in the dark about his man he’s fallen for. With his friend’s suggestion, she finds out what they needed to know. Gary and Kat find Richard injured in San Diego’s Naval Hospital. A heartwarming reunion, and devotion to each other, move their lives forward. Richard’s folks are despicable, but Gary and Richard have each other, Gary’s friend Kat, and Gary’s terrific family. We see their thoughts, actions and emotions play out. We see the crushing setback and we are praying, too, to help Richard ! This is a low angst, high anticipation, loving tale with a fabulous Christmassy ending, an HEA and our hearts are happy.
Enjoy !
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M. Womochil

Authentic and Heartfelt

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2018

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As usual, Nr Walker hit this story out of the park! The care she takes in the research of her stories to give them a real authentic feel for an era most of today’s younger people, myself included, don’t know much about or can’t remember much of is phenomenal. Gary Fairchild and Richard Ronson have a real instant connection to each other. The story is told in three parts, the beginning when they first meet and end up going to Woodstock together even though they’d just met in a diner and how they fall in love in just over two days, the goodbye is heart wrenching and then you have the letters sent back and forth between them as Richard goes off to Vietnam and Gary resumes his life at college. Their letters are heartfelt and very real to what I believe it would’ve been like at that time during war. Then the last part where Gary is worried because his letters have gone unanswered and they find out Richard has been injured and they rush to his side.

As a whole this story just gave me so many feelings that it’s hard to sort them out, there was tears and laughs and you really want Gary and Richard to work out after all they’ve been through together.

Five big stars and I really hope we get more of them in the future!

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ShannonVM

I can't stop crying over this book!

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018

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I don't know what's wrong with me, but I can't stop crying. It's not even that this story is terribly sad to cause this reaction. It's just so poignant and moving, I'm seriously sitting here a teary, ugly snotty mess. I need a hug.

*I was laying in bed last night, thinking about this book and crying some more. I think what really got to me with this story was how real these characters were-Gary and Richard could have been any 2 young men who grew up during the Vietnam era. They could be any 2 gay young men in the world today, struggling with different, yet similar, issues.
I think that's what gets me with most of the books I've read by Ms. Walker, honestly. Her characters are so real and relatable. They could be your friends, your neighbors, they could be people in your family, or someone you know at work.

This book was so beautifully written, Gary and Richard's story will linger in my heart for a long time to come. And I'm about to start crying all over again here at work so I'm going to stop- just please do yourself a favor and read this book!

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Victoria

Sweet

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018

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N.R. Walker can do no wrong in my eyes. She has a way of drawing you into the story and melting your heart ❤. This Christmas treat was about love, hope and acceptance in a very trying time.

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2022

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One thing I enjoyed about this book was the era it occur in. I was draft age during the Vietnam war. So much was my life experience. Left me with a good feeling.

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2021

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Dual POV, plenty of hurt/comfort, with a medium angst level that was fitting for the time period (spanning from 1969 to 1977), with a lovely HEA (for '77).

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sylvia mann

Wonderful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2022

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I was a little concerned that this story wouldn't have a HEA but it did! Gary is the festival hippy and Richard is the military farm boy. Unfortunately Richard has parents who believe that God does not love Gay people. Enter Gary into the diner and the fates have their wish. Gary shows his man that love is love and he's so very loveable. Richard then goes to war and both write each other until Richard is injured and in hospital which Gary finds out and he's on a mission to find his love.

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T.Gierling

A Soldier's Wish

Reviewed in Germany on January 4, 2022

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Manchmal sind es nur Momente....Augenblicke...Flügelschläge, die Glück und Leid voneinander trennen. Manchmal reichen 48 Stunden, um ein ganzes Leben zu verändern. Und noch nie hat sich die Unbeschwertheit von Woodstock so nah angefühlt und wurde so erbarmungslos vom Vietnamkrieg eingeholt wie in diesem Buch.
Eigentlich bin ich kein Fan von historischen Geschichten...und ja es fühlt sich komisch an den Vietnamkrieg als historisch zu bezeichnen aber hey...es ist 50 Jahre her...länger als ich lebe.
Zu diesem Buch habe ich dennoch gegriffen und das aus zwei Gründen: Woodstock und N.R.Walker
Ich bin mit der Musik von Woodstock aufgewachsen...für mich ist dieses Festival, dieses Happening, Magie pur. Auch heute noch. Und N.R.Walker verehre ich. Ich habe mir vorgenommen dieses Jahr alle ihre Bücher zu lesen.

Der Anfang ist also gemacht mit 'A Soldier's Wish'....der Geschichte von Gary und Richard. Gary ist mit seinen Hippiefreunden auf dem Weg nach Woodstock, als sie in einem Diner Rast machen. Dort trifft Gary auf Richard, ein angehender Soldat auf dem Weg nach Vietnam. Eine schwierige Kombi möchte man denken...aber bei Gary und Richard ist es von Anfang an etwas Besonderes. Ich war schon nach wenigen Seiten komplett verliebt in die beiden.

Gary ist so offen und unbekümmert, dass man ihn sofort mag. Er hat tolle Freunde, eine tolle Familie und eine wunderbare Lebenseinstellung und Art sein Leben zu leben. Mit der perfekten Mischung aus Ernsthaftigkeit und Lebensfreude.
Richard hingegen ist in einem Leben gefangen, das ihm einfach nicht passt. Das er nicht will. Das ihm aber sein Leben lang indoktriniert wurde. Denn schwul zu sein war nicht einmal eine Option.
Und dann kam Gary. Und Woodstock. Und es wurde wirklich irgendwie magisch.

Ich liebe einfach alles an dem Buch. Der Beginn in Woodstock, das Jahr in Vietnam, erzählt durch unfassbar ergreifende Briefe und schließlich ihr Wiedersehen. Aber vor allem Gary und Richard als Protagonisten sind einfach wunderbar.
Wie bereits eingangs der Rezension beschrieben, habe ich selten eindrucksvoller erlebt wie ein Friedensfestival wie Woodstock in Kontrast gesetzt wurde mit dem Schrecken des Krieges. Man erlebt die pure Glückseligkeit und dann die tiefsten Abgründe. Aber auch, was ein Krieg mit den überlebenden Soldaten macht. Und auch das Thema Homosexualität, die zu dieser Zeit noch verboten war, wird unfassbar gut in die Geschichte eingearbeitet. Hier möchte ich vor allem Gary und sein unfassbares Feingefühl erwähnen...wer sein Herz nicht an ihn verliert, wenn man ihn mit Richard erlebt, der kann kein Herz haben.

Kurz vor Ende des Buches dachte ich mein Herz bleibt nochmal stehen aber N.R.Walker war gnädig.
Ich bin wirklich absolut begeistert und liebe das Buch sehr deshalb gebe ich auch sehr gerne eine absolute Leseempfehlung.

LG Tanja

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Neil Chisholm

A beautiful tug at the heartstrings

Reviewed in Australia on January 2, 2024

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This is a beautiful story set during the time of war and a time of less understanding, when being gay was not just not accepted but was illegal. Nevertheless Gary and Richard, with the help of an angel, live their best lives together.

The story sure pulls at the heartstrings, it’s both bitter and sweet and is wonderful just as all NR Walker’s other books are. She is one of the very best MM romance authors.

Book Lover

Friendship

Reviewed in Canada on December 25, 2023

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A wonderful heartfelt read. A story of finding yourself, and the meaning of true friendship and love between two men.

Soda

Nice Story

Reviewed in Australia on March 18, 2023

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Richard and Gary’s story was a good one, I liked their commitment to each other even though they’d only had a few days together to make that commitment.

When you know, you know.. you know?! 😉

Times must’ve been hard back then, stories like this make me appreciate how far the world has come (though there’s still a ways to go, obviously) in that people can love freely and not have to hide so much these days.

I like to imagine that Richard and Gary are nowadays married and living a peaceful life and that they’re respected and loved by many as they deserve!

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