"Will a wounded hero accept love from the mother of his child?"

District attorney Andi Young has the weekend of a lifetime with a virile, incredibly sexy DEA agent. When Gray Syzmanski leaves, he promises to call her when he returns. But he doesn't...return, that is. He's missing and presumed dead after a raid went wrong in South America. Andi finds this out when she goes to tell him she's pregnant from their wild weekend together. What will she do now?

Eight years later, Gray is putting the pieces of his life back together. Seven years of torture has left its mark on him -- both literally and figuratively. He considers looking up the one thing that kept him going all these years, Andi, but he figures she'd be better off without a man who is only half of what he used to be. So Gray goes to work at his grandfather's law firm, applying the law degree he never intended to use.

When one of Andi's friends mentions the new lawyer working for him, Andi finds out that Gray is alive after all. In shock, she has to decide what to do. How do you tell a man that he has a seven-year-old son? How do you tell the little boy that his daddy didn't die after all? And how to keep him from assuming that his parents will get married now?

Gray is elated to be a father, but is unsure of what kind of role he can play in his son's life. He can't do all of the active things he could before. Will his son feel constrained by a father who can't do some father/son activities? Plus, how will Gray cope with seeing Andi constantly? She needs a real man, not the empty shell that Gray is. Do Andi and Gray have any hope a future, if Gray cannot accept himself?

BITTERSWEET HOMECOMING is very bittersweet, indeed. I ached for the trauma that Gray went through, and the little boy who didn't have his father for seven years. Gray has to deal with some very serious disabilities and learn to adapt to his new life. Will Andi's love be enough to convince him that he can still lead a happy, productive life? Ms. Jacobs always writes touching stories and this one is no exception. Many characters from previous stories in this series make an appearance, making the story even richer. Don't miss this heart-wrenching tale!

Sensuality: Rated NC-17 by the publisher. Explicit sex, anal play with toys, bondage, anal sex (dream); sexually explicit scenes: 9.

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted September 21, 2003

Summary

One hot weekend eight years ago was all they had before Gray was captured on assignment and presumed dead. Andi moved on, made a good life for herself and their son...until Gray returned, a battered warrior but still the powerful dominant who'd spoiled her for other lovers.

Gray wants Andi desperately, but he dares not love her until she teaches him it's his mind and heart—not a perfect body—that makes him her perfect mate.

Sexual Content: NC-17. Genre: BDSM.