Things between the guys start of on a rocky road, when Cole pulls a douche move. He feels that in time he will be able to get over it, all he needs is his meds and all will be well (so he thinks). The PTSD, the nightmares and all the anxiety that comes with it. After serving years in the marines, Cole has to deal with the after effects. So he’s now a civilian in law school, and for the first time living as a free man. Being a Marine was his everything but its been hell hiding who he is.

What’s a man to do when all that Marine swagger 'Oorah' makes him weak in the knees.Ĭole Hammond has just been released from the Marines under DADT (Don’t Ask Don’t Tell). Warning bells are going off all Marc’s senses are saying Marine and he hasn’t had the best of luck in love with them, they always end up leaving him. Looking all edible and shite, Marc almost drops the tray of dishes he’s carrying because the mystery man is just that hot. He is just living a simple life making ends meet. Marc is an M/M romance writer (oh yeh) and waiter at a diner. They were just too freaking sweet for words. Maybe I read a different book but I really liked both Cole and Marc. I really enjoyed this book, which came as a surprise because I had read some reviews that made the characters out to be horrible people.

And like the characters in Marc’s stories, he’s certain that if they try hard enough, together they can find their own happily ever after. It doesn’t help that Cole’s practically closeted in public, or that he refuses to seek treatment for his PTSD.īut like any good Marine, Cole’s willing to fight for what matters. Once a Marine, always a Marine, and if there’s one thing Marc knows about such men, it’s that they all leave him in the end. Cole’s sexy smile and Carolina drawl prove irresistible, but Marc’s played this game before, and he always loses.

Cole’s not wearing his anymore, but there’s no mistaking the warrior Marc meets in the diner one rainy afternoon. Marc Sullivan is a kind, sensitive romance author-slash-waiter with a thing for men in uniform.

To top it all off, he’s pretty sure he’s flunking out of law school. But PTSD casts a pall on everything, and his hard-nosed, homophobic father can’t even bear to look him in the eye. Discharged under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, former Marine major Cole Hammond is struggling to find a new identity.

Once a Marine by Cat Grant