Show of Honor

Tawna Fenske

Nov 2021 · Tawna Fenske

About this ebook

She rocked my world last Christmas. Now she’s here with my baby in her arms.

I never dreamed I’d be dressed as a deranged bear the first time I held my daughter.

Or even that I’d have a daughter. 

Navy SEAL life isn’t great for fatherhood.

But seeing Jessie with baby Joy hits me like a happy holiday thunderbolt.

She’s not sure she trusts me, and who can blame her? 

Maybe if we’d swapped more than ten words before falling into bed that snowy night, we wouldn’t be strangers. 

I can’t regret our fling, just like I can’t ditch a military career I’ve wanted my whole life.

But maybe there’s something I want more.

Jessie, for starters. This unexpected small-town holiday.

We’re making heaps of family memories over gift wrap gaffes and sexy dreidel games.

Not to mention kisses hot enough to melt mistletoe.

I just need to prove we belong together.

Preferably before one of us hops a flight and gets gone for good.

One-click this second chance, small town rom-com about a military man who discovers he’s a father and the woman who started out as a one-night stand and might become his happily ever after.

Ratings and reviews

Show of Honor is book 4 in the Juniper Ridge series by Tawna Fenske. 4.5 stars Up next is Joe and Jessie’s story…they met while Joe was in between military missions and Jessie was on her way home from her Peace Corps trip. They spend one magical night together, go their separate ways…now a year later they connect at Juniper Ridge. What happens next is second chances, secrets, twists, turns, surprise Joe never expected and more..

I have absolutely loved this series and I love all this author writes but I must say I think this is my favorite so far. I really fell in love with Joe and Jessica and their story. We met Jessica and her new born in the last book but the secrets she was keeping about the father of her child we did not know until now. This book is so well written and has that instant spark between these two characters you expect your reader to just melt while reading. They are destined to be together and just have to work out the details to get there. We get all the other great characters of Juniper Ridge all mixed in with their story and there are funny holiday moments as well as full on emotions that are thrown in. I loved that Jessica is a strong independent woman that doesn't need a man for herself or her daughter but she wants it all. I loved that Joe is a Navy SEAL and all man but has a tender heart too. I loved that he was raised to by two strong women and that this community shows nothing but love and acceptance for everyone. What a wonderful place Juniper Ridge would be to live and raise a family. There is also a hard lesson in this story of learning to live for yourself instead of trying to please others. It also shows us it is okay to change our paths in life, that what we once thought was our end all may not be after all and that's okay. We can choose to find our happy. I received an early copy to read and review with my honest opinion, I loved this book and highly recommend it. It is part of the series Juniper Ridge but it is written as a stand alone. I do recommend the others in the series as well as they are all great and that way you get the full sense of all the characters as we go.

Show of Honor by Tawna Fenske is a wonderful second chance at love, surprise baby story. Joe and Jessie had one night of passion with no numbers or personal information exchanged, so when that night resulted in a bundle of joy, Jessie had no way of contacting Joe. When Joe comes home to visit his mothers for the holidays, the last thing he expected was to be introduced to his daughter. Joe will need to work hard to convince Jessie that he can be trusted. I loved Joe's relationship with his mothers and the way this big old Navy Seal was really just a big old squishy teddy bear full of love. Show of Honor is a story about reconnecting, about love, families and second chances; it will definitely leave you smiling. I highly recommend magical holiday story to other readers.

About the author

When Tawna Fenske finished her English lit degree at 22, she celebrated by filling a giant trash bag full of romance novels and dragging it everywhere until she’d read them all. Now she’s a RITA Award finalist, USA Today bestselling author who writes humorous fiction, risqué romance, and heartwarming love stories with a quirky twist. Publishers Weekly has praised Tawna’s offbeat romances with multiple starred reviews and noted, “There’s something wonderfully relaxing about being immersed in a story filled with over-the-top characters in undeniably relatable situations. Heartache and humor go hand in hand.”

Tawna lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, step-kids, and a menagerie of ill-behaved pets. She loves hiking, snowshoeing, standup paddleboarding, and inventing excuses to sip wine on her back porch. She can peel a banana with her toes and loses an average of twenty pairs of eyeglasses per year. To find out more about Tawna and her books, visit www.tawnafenske.com.To learn more about all of Tawna’s books, visit www.tawnafenske.com