"WELL? ARE YOU GOING TO KISS ME OR NOT?"
H.M.S. Brown - Author
Wayward Guilt - Heroes of Grant’s Crossing Book 1 - Available now!
Thursday, July 4, 2024
COVER REVEAL - Don't Call Me Sugar
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
TEASER - DON'T CALL ME SUGAR
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Monday, May 27, 2024
Harold Addison Scribner - Radioman, Third Class, US Naval Reserve
Today is May 27, 2024. Memorial Day.
Congress passed a bill in 1971 that was signed into law to make Memorial Day always on a Monday so the Federal holiday could be a three-day weekend. I've read as well that Memorial Day parades are far less common these days than they used to be and that people now view Memorial Day as a day to honor all dead, not just those who fell in service to our country. I figure that if men and women are willing to put their lives on the line to preserve the best of our nation, then at the very least, they deserve their own day of honor, though they're deserving of being remembered the other 364 days as well.
Uncle Harold fought in the Pacific Theater in WWII as a radioman in the Navy. He didn’t make it back from WWII - Pacific theater. I never got the chance to meet him.
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Side note #2: Learn more about Uncle Harold's Mighty Midget.
Silver Stars, Commanding Officer, LT. Harold W. Smith USNR (16 February 1945 at Mariveles P.I.) - Purple Hearts (25-WIA, Mariveles, P.I.)
LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
Laid down, 2 June 1944, at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, OR.
Launched, 20 July 1944
Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-49, 31 August 1944, LT. Harold W. Smith USNR in command
During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-49 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One, CAPT. R.E.Arison USNR;LCS(L)(3) Group One, LCDR W. I. Hunt, USNR;LCS(L)(3) Division Two and participated in the following campaigns:
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Campaign and Dates |
Manila Bay-Bicol operation Subic Bay and Grande Island, 31 January 1945 Mariveles-Corregidor, Mariveles Harbor, 14 to 16 February 1945 |
Final Disposition, sunk, at Mariveles Harbor, Leyte, P.I., 16 February 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
My thanks go out to all who have served our nation, and my heart goes out to all those who face their losses firsthand.
Take care,
Monday, March 25, 2024
IT'S LIVE! Safe Now - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 2 is LIVE!
Safe Now, Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 2 is officially live!
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Sunday, March 24, 2024
COUNTDOWN: 1 day to go for Safe Now - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 2
"We'll take care of your dad." Steve wasn't sure what he meant by that, but he had plenty of ideas, some of which were even legal.
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Saturday, March 23, 2024
COUNTDOWN: 2 days to go for Safe Now - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 2
"You two talk. I'm going to take off and be grateful you weren't in my jurisdiction.
*****
Some secrets can’t be kept.
Growing up in a small town outside St. Louis, Missouri, Steve and Nick Cook struggle to balance their own aspirations with their strict parents’ desire to mold their sons into a picture-perfect and obedient family.
But when Nick is outed, their parents make life worse for both. Steve promises to get his little brother somewhere he can live without fear, even if that means delaying his own dream of becoming a Marine.
When fate intervenes, Steve takes Nick far from their childhood home to live with extended family. Believing he is safe, Steve finally enlists and serves multiple deployments in the Middle East.
With Steve fighting for his country, Nick risks the only safety he’s ever known to set out on his own. When Nick disappears, Steve vows to do what the local authorities can’t—setting out on a new mission that takes him across the Midwest, from Chicago to the seediest neighborhoods in Detroit and Columbus, to find him.
Now, living in a community of friends who don’t hesitate to share his burdens and with a family willing to share his pain, can Steve complete one more mission and save his brother?
*****
No part of Safe Now was created by generative AI. This was 100% my own creation. CW: Domestic violence, religious homophobia, violence, interrupted sexual assault, brief drug use by a tertiary character.
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Picture not mine. Edits are.
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Friday, March 22, 2024
COUNTDOWN: 3 DAYS TO Safe Now - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 2
"I hope you rot in here. But if you don't, I swear I will go to the ends of the earth to keep him from you."
*****
Some secrets can’t be kept.
Growing up in a small town outside St. Louis, Missouri, Steve and Nick Cook struggle to balance their own aspirations with their strict parents’ desire to mold their sons into a picture-perfect and obedient family.
But when Nick is outed, their parents make life worse for both. Steve promises to get his little brother somewhere he can live without fear, even if that means delaying his own dream of becoming a Marine.
When fate intervenes, Steve takes Nick far from their childhood home to live with extended family. Believing he is safe, Steve finally enlists and serves multiple deployments in the Middle East.
With Steve fighting for his country, Nick risks the only safety he’s ever known to set out on his own. When Nick disappears, Steve vows to do what the local authorities can’t—setting out on a new mission that takes him across the Midwest, from Chicago to the seediest neighborhoods in Detroit and Columbus, to find him.
Now, living in a community of friends who don’t hesitate to share his burdens and with a family willing to share his pain, can Steve complete one more mission and save his brother?
*****
No part of Safe Now was created by generative AI. This was 100% my own creation. CW: Domestic violence, religious homophobia, violence, interrupted sexual assault, brief drug use by a tertiary character.
Newsletter: https://www.hmsbrown.com/p/newsletter-sign-up.html
Wayward Guilt - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 1: https://books2read.com/u/38WRM7
Picture not mine. Edits are.
Haven’t yet read Wayward Guilt, Heroes of Grant’s Crossing Book 1? No problem. Click here to find it in print and digital on Libby / Hoopla or online wherever books are sold - including Target and Walmart! Happy reading!
Thursday, March 21, 2024
COUNTDOWN: 4 DAYS TO Safe Now - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 2
"I don't know how to help him."
*****
Some secrets can’t be kept.
Growing up in a small town outside St. Louis, Missouri, Steve and Nick Cook struggle to balance their own aspirations with their strict parents’ desire to mold their sons into a picture-perfect and obedient family.
But when Nick is outed, their parents make life worse for both. Steve promises to get his little brother somewhere he can live without fear, even if that means delaying his own dream of becoming a Marine.
When fate intervenes, Steve takes Nick far from their childhood home to live with extended family. Believing he is safe, Steve finally enlists and serves multiple deployments in the Middle East.
With Steve fighting for his country, Nick risks the only safety he’s ever known to set out on his own. When Nick disappears, Steve vows to do what the local authorities can’t—setting out on a new mission that takes him across the Midwest, from Chicago to the seediest neighborhoods in Detroit and Columbus, to find him.
Now, living in a community of friends who don’t hesitate to share his burdens and with a family willing to share his pain, can Steve complete one more mission and save his brother?
*****
No part of Safe Now was created by generative AI. This was 100% my own creation. CW: Domestic violence, religious homophobia, violence, interrupted sexual assault, brief drug use by a tertiary character.
Newsletter: https://www.hmsbrown.com/p/newsletter-sign-up.html
Wayward Guilt - Heroes of Grant's Crossing Book 1: https://books2read.com/u/38WRM7
Picture not mine. Edits are.
Haven’t yet read Wayward Guilt, Heroes of Grant’s Crossing Book 1? No problem. Click here to find it in print and digital on Libby / Hoopla or online wherever books are sold - including Target and Walmart! Happy reading!
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