Kindle Edition Amazon Category:  Romance Publisher: Self Pages: 42 Copyright: Feb. 2014 Price: $0.99 (eBook) Marshall Chandler is a true American who grew up wanting nothing more than to serve his country to the best of his ability, by becoming a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. On the eve of his first assignment, he meets the woman that will haunt his dreams and change his life. A single night to connect, but a decade to realize it . . . when one man is torn between the love of his country and what might have been the love of his life, how does he stay sane? How does he cope? And will he ever get a second chance at love? Sometimes fate works in mysterious ways. Excerpt Looking around at the swarm of bodies had me wondering how I’d gotten there. Between the loud music and the flashing strobe lights, my already blurry vision was getting blurrier. The smoking patio outside the club beckoned. As I inhaled then exhaled, my head dropped against the wall behind me and I closed my eyes. The last two years had been intense. Nonstop missions fighting this ridiculous war in Iraq. I knew the American public had mixed feelings on the necessity of the resources which were being used at an alarming rate for The War on Terrorism. Especially the American men and women. Every time I managed to get a hold of the news, it included more deaths. Part of me felt guilty that I was back in the States for a month when I should be over there with my fellow soldiers. The higher-ups had demanded I take the leave, however. They’d also made some pomp and circumstance about promoting me to Captain, which was bittersweet. Ten years of service and I was achieving my goals. My call sign, Dallas, was now well-known thanks to the number of “kills” I’d logged. If I was given a target, I didn’t miss it . . . ever. The impetus behind my heroic drive wasn’t so grand. Knowing that by giving myself over to the cause and allowing myself to become submersed in the mission, I didn’t have time to think about, remember, or ache at the absence of Melody in my life, didn’t discredit the fact that I was living in avoidance. I took another long drag of my smoke and held it.

Timeless Love
What a wonderful quick read... A day at the beach, a doctor's appointment, a couple hours of peace and quiet? You'll have time to finish this darling little love story! You like a little drama with your love stories? there's still a bit here, just not all of the repetition. Marshall and Melody meet in the service right before Marshall ships out. The tale that follows spans 10 years... Love, lust, regret...
A standalone novella, only about 42 pages long, well worth your time. Thank you Ms. Hargrave for giving us a little something while waiting for the last installment of your Divine Life Trilogy.

AWESOME read
The author was able to put a whole story into only 42 pages and left us wanting more of Marshall and Melody. All Marshall was looking for was one last roll in the sack before he left the next day to head to war. He just needed the touch of an American woman, Lord knows how long it would be before he would feel that again, if ever. What he didn’t expect was for Melody to fill a void in his life that he had carried.

After their night of passion, he carried that memory in his dreams for the next ten years. After flying missions and dropping bombs the military felt he would be better back at home training the next generation of pilots. With nothing left but his memory of Melody, he began drowning his feelings in a bottle of whatever was handy. Realizing he needed help, he started therapy and was encouraged to seek out Melody, did she reach her dreams of becoming a doctor, was she married, have kids? These were answers he wasn’t sure he wanted, but knew he needed if he was ever going to move on with his life.

After a phone call, his world started taking a different turn. He found out what happen to Melody and then just as he thought things might be finally giving him a break, the unthinkable happens. The author is brilliant at sucking us in on page one and giving us a story with minimal words. She creates the scene for us that takes us away for an hour and characters that we will long to hear more about. I have to say these 42 pages made an impact on me, reminded me of what love and dedication and being left behind is all about. Make sure you get your copy of Unchained Melody and sit back and enjoy the escape it will bring you.

I Call Dibs
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a thing for Texan men. I don't know what it is, but it's my 'thing' I guess. We all have one. So, when i started reading Unchained Melody, I already knew I was going to like Marshall thanks to the yellow rose on the cover (my favourite rose btw), but I didn't expect to fall in love with him.
I don't 'do' book boyfriends very often, I'm usually too busy reading rather than fawning, but boy, I fawned! Everything about this man made me swoon. The swagger, the drawl, the playboy side, the problems... everything. AND most of all... he's military. He literally is the perfect man for me. I want one tied up in a yellow bow and posted to me right now.

Ok, fangirling over and done with...

The entire premise of the book is pretty much genius. Marshall is looking back over the previous 8-10 years of his life and the effect a one night stand with Melody has had on him. Let's be real, he's a broken man, but war and lost love will do that to you. The entire time I was reading, I was rooting for a reunion.

As it's a novella, that's all the detail you're going to get out of me, otherwise I'd spoil the entire thing from you, but I will say this. I literally read it in less than an hour, so it's a perfect lunch break read. Seriously, go buy it and get sucked in by Hargrave's words and the world she created, then come back and tell me how dreamy Marshall is (just remember, I called dibs)