They Followed the Call

A widowed single mother must leave her toddler son stateside in order to serve as a US Army medic in Iraq in this contemporary wartime romance.
 
When Marisa enlisted in the Army Reserves to pay her way through nursing school, she never imagined how hard it would be to leave her young son behind when she’s called to serve as an Army medic in the Iraq War. Trading her family life in America for the dangers of desert warfare, Marisa faces new challenges every day—and fresh heartbreak every time she calls home and hears her son’s voice. Only the camaraderie of her fellow soldiers gets her through—as well as the strong connection she feels to Lieutenant O’Rourke. Soon a forbidden romance begins between them—a bond that only grows when they are drawn together on a mission to save a group of orphaned boys. Suddenly Marisa is filled with a sense of purpose that fuels her hope that she will make it home alive to see her precious son once more.