This year I've read several romantic books written by women. The forward of this book made me think that this book was going to have a lot of romance in it--"To my wife, Cindi, my one and only love and inspiration behind any and every romantic thought I've ever had." I was curious how it would be similar to and different from romantic fiction by women. Back in December, I read the first book in this series titled The Unfinished Gift . It was the first novel by Dan Walsh and I was impressed that it was written so well for being his first novel. The end of that book did wrap a little too neatly and quickly for my tastes, but all in all I enjoyed the book a lot. The sequel is titled, The Homecoming. I knew that this book would pick up where the first left off and the first does portend a relationship between Katherine and Captain Collins, the two main characters. And indeed that is at the crux of the plot for the second book. In this story,...